raiser
/ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)/noun
raiser is a noun meaning “A person or thing that raises” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-I-S-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of raiser is raisers.
What does raiser mean?
noun
- 1
A person or thing that raises.
She is a raiser of gerbils.
- 2
A kind of armchair with a standing-up system.
- 3
The upright board on the front of a step in a flight of steps.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce raiser?
- /ˈɹeɪzə(ɹ)/
Raiser has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of raiser
- raisers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is raiser?
Raiser appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,168th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with raiser
Sounds like: razor (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does raiser come from?
From raise + -er.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).