risen
ri·sen/ˈɹɪ.zən/adjective, verb
risen is spelled R-I-S-E-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables (ri·sen). It appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, risen means “Having risen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in risen?
| Letters | 5: R-I-S-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ri·sen |
| In writing | 7.2 times per million words; the 8,784th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is risen?
Risen appears 7.2 times per million words in written English, the 8,784th 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 risen?
- /ˈɹɪ.zən/
Risen has 2 syllables, split ri·sen in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-risen.wav, En-us-risen.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with risen?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as risen.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: resin, rinse, siren, reins, serin.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
What does risen mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having risen.
the scent of newly risen bread
verb
- 1
past participle of rise
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does risen come from?
Morphologically rise + -n.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).