rain pitchforks
"rain-pitchforks" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rain pitchforks” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - To rain heavily.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rain pitchforks |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rain pitchforks” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rain pitchforks is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To rain heavily.".
rain pitchforks doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is rain pitchforks, spelled R-A-I-N- -P-I-T-C-H-F-O-R-K-S.
Definition
- 1To rain heavily.
Synonyms
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 pitchforks”
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- The one correct English spelling is R-A-I-N- -P-I-T-C-H-F-O-R-K-S - 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.