# raising vs ravishing

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### raising
*verb · IPA /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,448*
present participle and gerund of raise

### ravishing
*adjective · frequency rank #42,362*
Extremely beautiful

## Source
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