arise
/əˈɹaɪz/verb
arise is spelled A-R-I-S-E: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, arise means “To come up from a lower to a higher position” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in arise?
| Letters | 5: A-R-I-S-E |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 8.5 times per million words; the 7,910th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is arise?
Arise appears 8.5 times per million words in written English, the 7,910th 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).
How do you pronounce arise?
- US /əˈɹaɪz/
- Australia /əˈɹɑez/
- [əˈɹɑe̯z]
Arise 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). Recordings: En-us-arise.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with arise?
8 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as arise from its last stressed vowel (/aɪz/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: raise, serai.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of arise
- arises present, singular, he/she/it
- arising participle, present
- arose past
- arisen participle, past
- arize
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does arise mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To come up from a lower to a higher position.
to arise from a kneeling posture
- 2
To come up from one's bed or place of repose; to get up.
He arose early in the morning.
- 3
To spring up; to come into action, being, or notice; to become operative, sensible, or visible; to begin to act a part; to present itself.
A cloud arose and covered the sun.
noun
- 1
obsoleteArising, rising.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Arise in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | se lever, se relever , surgir, apparaitre, naitre |
| German | sich erheben, aufstehen , entstehen, auftreten , erwachsen, aufkommen |
| Portuguese | surgir, levantar-se, ascender , provir, aparecer |
| Spanish | surgir, levantarse , provenir, nacer, dimanar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does arise come from?
From Middle English arisen, from Old English ārīsan (“to arise, get up; rise; spring from, originate; spring up, ascend”), from Proto-Germanic *uzrīsaną (“to rise up, arise”), equivalent to a- + rise. Cognate with Scots arise, aryse (“to arise, rise up, come into existence”), Middle Low German errīsen (“to stand up, arise”), Old High German irrīsan (“to rise up, fall”), Gothic 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”). Eclipsed Middle English sourden, sorden, borrowed from Old French sordre, sourdre (“to arise, originate, fly up”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).