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 May 6, 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rain gutter |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rain gutter” sits in English frequency
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.
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Using “rain gutter”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-I-N- -G-U-T-T-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.