rainy season

noun

"rainy-season" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“rainy season” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
12
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.

Key facts for rainy season
PropertyValue
Headwordrainy season
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters12
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “rainy season” sits in English frequency

rainy season falls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

rainy season is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for rainy season, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is rainy season, spelled R-A-I-N-Y- -S-E-A-S-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.

Synonyms

Antonyms

dry season

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rainy season"?
"rainy season" is spelled R-A-I-N-Y- -S-E-A-S-O-N.
What does "rainy season" mean?
As a noun, "rainy season" means: The portion of the year during which the most rain falls.
What language does "rainy season" come from?
"rainy season" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Using “rainy season”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct English spelling is R-A-I-N-Y- -S-E-A-S-O-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list