raines
/ɹeɪnz/noun
raines is a noun meaning “plural of raine” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-A-I-N-E-S and has one syllable, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does raines mean?
noun
- 1
plural of raine
noun
- 1
A type of fine linen once imported from France.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce raines?
- UK /ɹeɪnz/
Raines has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is raines?
Raines appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd 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).
Words people confuse with raines
Sounds like: rains, reins (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Where does raines come from?
From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).