Which to use
“rise” and “rises” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,645
- “rise” frequency rank
- #6,410
- “rises” frequency rank
- 8055
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rise | rises |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground. | third-person singular simple present indicative of rise |
Where the eye mixes rise and rises
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. rise (/ɹaɪz/) 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 differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “rise” sits inside “rises”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8055, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rise is recorded at frequency rank #1,645, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹaɪz/. 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 8055, this pair ranks #504,333 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rise vs rises
Shared letters: eirs. Private to "rise": -. Private to "rises": -.
"rise" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "rises" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC