# raining

> English word · Verb · IPA /ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/ · frequency rank #10,917

## Definitions
1. present participle and gerund of rain

## Easily confused with
- **rising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-rising)
- **riding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-riding)
- **rating** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-rating)
- **raping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-raping)
- **raving** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-raving)
- **raisin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-raisin)
- **raking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-raking)
- **running** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-running)
- **raising** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-raising)
- **ranging** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-ranging)
- **ranking** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-ranking)
- **ringing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-ringing)
- **rapping** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-rapping)
- **ranting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-ranting)
- **ramming** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-ramming)
- **rinsing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-rinsing)
- **reigning** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-reigning)
- **refining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-refining)
- **remaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-remaining)
- **retaining** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raining-vs-retaining)

## Common misspellings (10)
`arining`, `raiinng`, `rainign`, `rainingg`, `raininng`, `rainnig`, `rainning`, `raniing`, `rianing`, `rraining`

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