# raising

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹeɪzɪŋ/ · frequency rank #3,448

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of raise

## Etymology
Inherited from Middle English reysynge; equivalent to raise + -ing.

## Easily confused with
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-rising)
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-riding)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-rating)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-raping)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-raving)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-raking)
- **ranging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-ranging)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-ranking)
- **risking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-risking)
- **rapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-rapping)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-ranting)
- **rousing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-rousing)
- **ramming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-ramming)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-rinsing)
- **reusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-reusing)
- **ravishing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raising-vs-ravishing)
- **racing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/racing-vs-raising)
- **raging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raging-vs-raising)
- **raisin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raisin-vs-raising)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-raising)

## Common misspellings (9)
`raiisng`, `raisign`, `raisingg`, `raisinng`, `raisnig`, `raissing`, `rasiing`, `riasing`, `rraising`

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