# Rainier

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #34,250

## Definitions
1. A surname from French.
2. A city in Columbia County, Oregon, United States.
3. A city in Thurston County, Washington, United States.
4. A hamlet in the County of Newell, Alberta, Canada.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French Rainier. The cherry was named after Mount Rainier.

## Easily confused with
- **ranger** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainier-vs-ranger)
- **ringer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainier-vs-ringer)
- **raiser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainier-vs-raiser)
- **Reiner** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainier-vs-reiner)
- **rapier** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainier-vs-rapier)
- **raining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainier-vs-raining)
- **raider** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raider-vs-rainier)
- **rained** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rained-vs-rainier)
- **Rainer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainer-vs-rainier)
- **Rainey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rainey-vs-rainier)
- **Raines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raines-vs-rainier)

## Common misspellings (9)
`arinier`, `raiiner`, `raineir`, `rainierr`, `rainire`, `rainnier`, `raniier`, `rianier`, `rrainier`

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