rizz
/ˈɹɪz/noun, verb
rizz is a noun meaning “Of a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female; charm or attractiveness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-I-Z-Z, and it appears about once in every 15 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does rizz mean?
noun
- 1
slangOf a person, the ability to attract a love interest, usually female; charm or attractiveness.
Near-synonyms: aura, charisma
- 2
slangAn amount of rolling paper particularly of the Rizla+ brand.
verb
- 1
slangTo seduce or attract a love interest.
I'm gonna go rizz one of those girls.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce rizz?
- /ˈɹɪz/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-rizz.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-rizz.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of rizz
- rizzes present, singular, he/she/it
- rizzing participle, present
- rizzed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is rizz?
Rizz appears about once in every 15 million words in written English, the 118,441st 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).
Where does rizz come from?
Coined by YouTuber and Twitch streamer Kai Cenat (or one of his close friends) around May 2021 and popularized on TikTok in 2022. Rizz further increased in prominence throughout 2023 and was chosen as the 2023 Word of the Year by Oxford University Press. Contrary to popular belief, Cenat has confirmed that the term is not short for charisma, though it has likely influenced the pronunciation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).