pour in

verb

"pour-in" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“pour in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
7
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To flow or flood into something or somewhere.

Corpus desk

Index EN-pour-in · pour in · English

pour in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for pour in
PropertyValue
Headwordpour in
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters7
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “pour in” in English

pour inranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pour in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No generated misspelling entries exist for pour in in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is pour in, spelled P-O-U-R- -I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    To flow or flood into something or somewhere.
  2. 2
    To arrive in great amounts.
  3. 3
    To fill something with (a liquid) by pouring.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how pour in appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The rain poured in and it filled it with water while we were inside.
  2. Letters of complaint came pouring in.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pour in"?
"pour in" is spelled P-O-U-R- -I-N.
What does "pour in" mean?
As a verb, "pour in" means: To flow or flood into something or somewhere.
What language does "pour in" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list