rainfall

Name: rainfall, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

noun

By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed September 3, 2026

The verdict

“rainfall” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #9,386. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#9,386
frequency rank, English: 3,094
“R” headwords: 10
tracked misspellings: 1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

Corpus desk

Index EN-rainfall · rainfall · English

rainfall · rank #9,386 · 10 variants · 1 confusable

FREQ-COMMON #9,386
LEN-LONG 8 letters
VOW-3 3 vowels
CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
VAR-MID 10 variants
BOOK-MID 3,094
PHOTO-FINISH quiz

Nearest frequency peer: quiz (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

predecessor

90,618
premise

90,617
quiz

90,616
rainfall

90,615
reckless

90,613
redemption

90,612

What this shows “rainfall” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

rainfall vs Randall

63% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for rainfall
Property	Value
Headword	rainfall
Language	English
Part of speech	Noun
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#9,386
Misspellings tracked	10
Confusable pairs	1
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rainfall”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).rainfalllands here:

#9,386

#1#100#1K#10K#100K

← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “quiz” (#9,385), “premise” (#9,384), “reckless” (#9,388). Among 3,094 “R” headwords, “rainfall” is #9,386. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rainfall, anoun. Corpus frequency is #9,386 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rainfall, with forms such as "arinfall", "raifnall", and "rainafll". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Randall", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

Etymologically, the entry records: From rain + fall. The correct English form is rainfall, spelled R-A-I-N-F-A-L-L.

Definition

1
The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion
2
The occurrence of liquid precipitation, the fall of rain.

Etymology

From rain + fall.

This word in other languages

précipitations(Français)Niederschlag(Deutsch)precipitação(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

arinfall
raifnall
rainafll
rainfal
rainffall
rainflal
rainnfall
ranifall
rianfall
rrainfall

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rainfall - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

Edit distance from "rainfall"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rainfall"?

"rainfall" is spelled R-A-I-N-F-A-L-L.

What does "rainfall" mean?

As a noun, "rainfall" means: The amount of rain that falls on a single occasion

What words are commonly confused with "rainfall"?

"rainfall" is commonly confused with "Randall". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.

What is the origin of the word "rainfall"?

From rain + fall. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rainfall", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

reckless#9,388 persuade#9,379 revision#9,394 numbered#9,374

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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