raisin
/ˈɹeɪzən/noun, verb
raisin is spelled R-A-I-S-I-N: 6 letters and 2 syllables. It appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, raisin means “A dried grape” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of raisin is raisins.
How many letters and syllables are in raisin?
| Letters | 6: R-A-I-S-I-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.0 times per million words; the 28,556th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
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).
How common is raisin?
Raisin appears 1.0 times per million words in written English, the 28,556th 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 raisin?
- /ˈɹeɪzən/
- /ˈɹeɪzɪn/
- /ˈɹiːzən/
Raisin 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-raisin.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of raisin
- raisins plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- raisining participle, present
- raisined participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does raisin mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dried grape.
verb
- 1
Of fruit: to dry out; to become like raisins.
- 2
To flavor (an alcoholic beverage) with fruit that has raisined.
- 3
To add raisins to.
- 4
To distribute throughout (with small bits or things), to dot or pepper.
- 5
To shrivel.
- 6
To crush or drain, so that all plumpness and vitality is gone.
- 7
To cause to have wrinkles.
- 8
To form wrinkles; to become wrinkled.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Raisin in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense dried grape:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | raisin sec |
| German | Rosine |
| Portuguese | uva passa, uva-passa, passa |
| Spanish | pasa, pansa, pasita, acebibe, uva pasa, uva pansida |
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 raisin come from?
From Middle English raysyn, borrowed from Anglo-Norman reysin (“grape, raisin”), from Late Latin racīmus, from Latin racēmus. Possibly a distant cognate of Persian رز (raz, “vine”). Doublet of raceme.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).