# Raines

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɹeɪnz/ · frequency rank #40,864

## Definitions
1. A type of fine linen once imported from France.

## Etymology
From Anglo-Norman Reins, Middle French Reins, variant of Reims, the French town where the fabric was originally produced.

## Easily confused with
- **rates** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rates)
- **raise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-raise)
- **rings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rings)
- **ranks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-ranks)
- **rises** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rises)
- **rides** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rides)
- **ruins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-ruins)
- **rains** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rains)
- **rainy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rainy)
- **rites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rites)
- **reins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-reins)
- **Rhine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rhine)
- **rants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rants)
- **raves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-raves)
- **rakes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rakes)
- **raised** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-raised)
- **ruined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-ruined)
- **ranges** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-ranges)
- **Rhinos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rhinos)
- **ravine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-ravine)

## Common misspellings (8)
`arines`, `raiens`, `rainess`, `rainnes`, `rainse`, `ranies`, `rianes`, `rraines`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/raines