raised vs razed, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“raised” is a verb and “razed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,534
“raised” frequency rank: #37,652
“razed” frequency rank: 39186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	raised	razed
Definition	simple past and past participle of raise	Slashed or striped in patterns.

Letter map: raised vs razed

Shared letters muted; letters that set raised and razed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch

raised

5 ch

razed

Role in the sentence - raised and razed

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: raised is averb and razedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

raised is recorded at frequency rank #1,534, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹeɪzd/. razed is at rank #37,652, tagged as anadj.

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 39186, this pair ranks #279,050 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of raised vs razed

Shared letters: ader. Private to "raised": is. Private to "razed": z.

"raised" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "razed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

raised ← arised · raiesd · raisde · raisedd · raissed · rasied · riased · rraised
razed ← arzed · raezd · razde · razedd · razzed · rrazed · rzaed

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "raised" for "razed" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "raised" is a verb and "razed" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "raised" or "razed"?

"raised" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,534 in our English list, against #37,652 for "razed". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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Full dictionary entry for "raised" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "razed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #279,050 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"raised" and "razed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ramped vs razed". Nearby pair
Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #279,050 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.