# raisin

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹeɪzən/ · frequency rank #28,683

## Definitions
1. A dried grape.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **risen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raisin-vs-risen)
- **resin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raisin-vs-resin)
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raisin-vs-rising)
- **Rankin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raisin-vs-rankin)
- **raising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raisin-vs-raising)
- **rain** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rain-vs-raisin)
- **raise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raise-vs-raisin)
- **raised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raised-vs-raisin)
- **raiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raiser-vs-raisin)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-raisin)
- **raiding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raiding-vs-raisin)
- **railing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/railing-vs-raisin)

## Common misspellings (8)
`arisin`, `raiisn`, `raisinn`, `raisni`, `raissin`, `rasiin`, `riasin`, `rraisin`

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