raindrop
/ˈɹeɪndɹɒp/
"raindrop" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“raindrop” is uncommon English (frequency #65,437 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,437
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raindrop |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹeɪndɹɒp/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #65,437 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “raindrop” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
raindrop is uncommon English at frequency #65,437 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈɹeɪndɹɒp/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for raindrop, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low Ge… The correct English form is raindrop, spelled R-A-I-N-D-R-O-P.
Definition
- 1A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
Etymology
From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low German Regendrüpp, German Regentropfen, Swedish regndroppe, Icelandic regndropi.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct English spelling is R-A-I-N-D-R-O-P - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.