# rainwater

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #29,056

## Definitions
1. Rainfall.
2. Water (for a house, etc.) sourced from rain which has not joined a spring, stream or river, pond, lake or sea.

## Etymology
From Middle English reinwater, from Old English reġnwæter, equivalent to rain + water. Cognate with West Frisian reinwetter, Dutch regenwater, German Regenwasser, Swedish regnvatten.

## Common misspellings (13)
`arinwater`, `rainawter`, `rainnwater`, `rainwaetr`, `rainwaterr`, `rainwatre`, `rainwatter`, `rainwtaer`, `rainwwater`, `raiwnater`, `raniwater`, `rianwater`, `rrainwater`

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