rain pitchforks

verb

"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.

Key facts for rain pitchforks
PropertyValue
Headwordrain pitchforks
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters15
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rain pitchforks” sits in English frequency

rain pitchforks falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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

  1. 1
    To 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rain pitchforks"?
"rain pitchforks" is spelled R-A-I-N- -P-I-T-C-H-F-O-R-K-S.
What does "rain pitchforks" mean?
As a verb, "rain pitchforks" means: To rain heavily.
What language does "rain pitchforks" come from?
"rain pitchforks" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Using “rain pitchforks”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • 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.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list