# praise

> English word · Noun · IPA /pɹeɪz/ · frequency rank #4,259

## Definitions
1. Commendation; favourable representation in words.
2. Worship, glorification, adoration.

## Etymology
From Middle English praise, preyse, from the verb (see below). Doublet of prize. Displaced native Middle English lof from Old English lof (“praise”) and Middle English loenge, loange from Old French löenge, löange (“praise”).

## Easily confused with
- **price** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-price)
- **prime** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-prime)
- **prize** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-prize)
- **pride** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-pride)
- **prose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-prose)
- **prism** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-prism)
- **prays** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-prays)
- **praxis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-praxis)
- **promise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-promise)
- **precise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-precise)
- **praised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-praised)
- **premise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-premise)
- **praises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/praise-vs-praises)
- **phase** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/phase-vs-praise)
- **pause** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pause-vs-praise)
- **Paige** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paige-vs-praise)
- **paine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paine-vs-praise)
- **poise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/poise-vs-praise)
- **parse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parse-vs-praise)
- **pease** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pease-vs-praise)

## Common misspellings (8)
`parise`, `ppraise`, `praies`, `praisse`, `prasie`, `priase`, `prraise`, `rpaise`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/praise