rain gutter

noun

"rain-gutter" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

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

Unranked
below top-frequency English
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.

Corpus desk

Index EN-rain-gutter · rain gutter · English

rain gutter · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for rain gutter
PropertyValue
Headwordrain gutter
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “rain gutter” in English

rain gutterranks 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

rain gutter is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.".

rain gutter has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

Etymologically, the entry records: From rain + gutter. The correct English form is rain gutter, spelled R-A-I-N- -G-U-T-T-E-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.

Etymology

From rain + gutter.

This word in other languages

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 "rain gutter"?
"rain gutter" is spelled R-A-I-N- -G-U-T-T-E-R.
What does "rain gutter" mean?
As a noun, "rain gutter" means: Any gutter designed to carry away rain, such as an eavestrough on a building or a drain on a motor vehicle's roof rack.
What is the origin of the word "rain gutter"?
From rain + gutter. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list