# rise

> English word · Verb · IPA /ɹaɪz/ · frequency rank #1,645

## Definitions
1. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
2. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
3. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
4. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
5. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
6. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
7. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
8. To move, or appear to move, physically upwards relative to the ground.
9. To increase in value or standing.
10. To increase in value or standing.
11. To increase in value or standing.
12. To increase in value or standing.
13. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
14. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
15. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
16. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
17. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
18. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
19. To begin, to develop; to be initiated.
20. To go up; to ascend; to climb.
21. To cause to go up or ascend.
22. To retire; to give up a siege.
23. To come; to offer itself.
24. To be lifted, or capable of being lifted, from the imposing stone without dropping any of the type; said of a form.

## 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”).

## Easily confused with
- **RS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rs)
- **rue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rue)
- **rye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rye)
- **RSS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rss)
- **roe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-roe)
- **ROS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-ros)
- **RSA** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rsa)
- **Rus** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rus)
- **RSI** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rsi)
- **RSL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rsl)
- **rit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rit)
- **risk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-risk)
- **rule** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rule)
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rose)
- **rush** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rush)
- **Rome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rome)
- **Ross** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-ross)
- **rude** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rude)
- **rope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rope)
- **rode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rise-vs-rode)

## Common misspellings (5)
`irse`, `ries`, `risse`, `rrise`, `rsie`

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