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“rained” and “remained” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,430
- “rained” frequency rank
- #2,403
- “remained” frequency rank
- 21833
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rained | remained |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of rain | simple past and past participle of remain |
Where the eye mixes rained and remained
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: rained vs remained
A purely visual mix-up. rained (/ɹeɪnd/) and remained (/ɹɪˈmeɪnd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21833, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rained is recorded at frequency rank #19,430, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹeɪnd/. remained is at rank #2,403, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈmeɪnd/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 21833, this pair ranks #421,027 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rained vs remained
Shared letters: adeinr. Private to "rained": -. Private to "remained": m.
"rained" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "remained" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "rained" and "remained" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rained" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "remained" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #421,027 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rained" and "remained" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rained vs ramped". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #421,027 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.