rise
/ɹaɪz/
"rise" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rise” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,645. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,645
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rise · rise · English
rise · rank #1,645 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #1,645
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 21,470
- PHOTO-FINISH ring
Nearest frequency peer: ring (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “rise”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- prime
prime
98,359 corpus weight
- projects
projects
98,358 corpus weight
- ring
ring
98,357 corpus weight
- rise
rise
98,356 corpus weight
- selling
selling
98,355 corpus weight
- served
served
98,354 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “rise” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rise |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ɹaɪz/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #1,645 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rise” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around rise (IPA /ɹaɪz/), averb. Corpus frequency is #1,645 among 21,470 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 24 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for rise, with forms such as "irse", "ries", and "risse". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "RS", "rue", "rye", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”… The correct English form is rise, spelled R-I-S-E.
Definition
- 1To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 2To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 3To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 4To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 5To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 6To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 7To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 8To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
- 9To increase in value or standing.
- 10To increase in value or standing.
- 11To increase in value or standing.
- 12To increase in value or standing.
- 13To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
- 14To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
- 15To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
- 16To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
- 17To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
- 18To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
- 19To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
- 20To go up; to ascend; to climb.
- 21To cause to go up or ascend.
- 22To retire; to give up a siege.
- 23To come; to offer itself.
- 24To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how rise appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
We watched the balloon rise.
Disturbed by my footsteps, the birds rose above the treetops.
Etymology
From Middle English risen, from Old English rīsan, from Proto-West Germanic *rīsan, from Proto-Germanic *rīsaną (“to rise”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁rey- (“to arise, rise”). According to Kroonen (2013), from Proto-Indo-European *h₃er- (“to rise, spring”). See also raise. Cognates Cognate with Dutch rijzen (“to rise”), German reisen (“to fall”), Limburgish rieze (“to rise”), Faroese and Icelandic rísa (“to rise”), Norwegian Nynorsk risa, rise (“to rise”), Gothic *𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (*reisan, “to rise”) (whence 𐌿𐍂𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃𐌰𐌽 (urreisan, “to arise”)). Non-Germanic cognates include Cornish ardh (“height”), Irish arad, ard, árd (“high, tall”), Manx ard (“high, tall”), Scottish Gaelic àrd (“high”), Welsh ardd (“hill, upland”), Latin orior (“to rise”), Ancient Greek ἔρις (éris, “quarell, strife; contention, rivalry”) (whence Greek έριδα (érida, “feud”)), Albanian rashë (“to have fallen; to have flopped”), Bulgarian ръст (rǎst, “size; stature; growth”), Czech růst (“growth”), Macedonian раст (rast, “growth, height”), Polish rost, wzrost (“growth”), Russian рост (rost, “growth”), Serbo-Croatian ра̑ст, rȃst (“growth”), Slovene rȃst (“growth”), Old Armenian յառնեմ (yaṙnem, “to arise, rise”) (whence Armenian հառնել (haṙnel, “to rise up”)), Persian رمبیدن (rombidan, “to collapse”), Tocharian A ar- (“to evoke”), Tocharian B er- (“to evoke”), Hittite 𒀀𒊏𒀀𒄑𒍣 (arāwanzi, “to rise”), Sanskrit ऋ (ṛ, “to rise”).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- irse
- ries
- risse
- rrise
- rsie
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rise - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.