Which to use
“raise” and “rises” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,836
- “raise” frequency rank
- #6,410
- “rises” frequency rank
- 8246
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | raise | rises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To cause to rise; to lift or elevate. | third-person singular simple present indicative of rise |
Where the eye mixes raise and rises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. raise (/ɹeɪz/) and rises (/ˈɹaɪzɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8246, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
raise is recorded at frequency rank #1,836, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹeɪz/. rises is at rank #6,410, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈɹaɪzɪz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 8246, this pair ranks #503,451 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of raise vs rises
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "raise": a. Private to "rises": -.
"raise" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "rises" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC