rain gutter
"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
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rain gutter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “rain gutter” in English
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
- 1Any 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.