rake it in

verb

"rake-it-in" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“rake it in” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
10
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - To make a lot of money.

Corpus desk

Index EN-rake-it-in · rake it in · English

rake it in · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "R" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for rake it in
PropertyValue
Headwordrake it in
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “rake it in” in English

rake it infalls 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

rake it in is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "To make a lot of money.".

No misspelling variants are generated for rake it in in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is rake it in, spelled R-A-K-E- -I-T- -I-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    To make a lot of money.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how rake it in appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Budget hotels are raking it in as business people feel the crunch.
  2. Alas, geriatrics and convalescent homes, however regal, don't rake it in like moneyed metrosexuals.

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 "rake it in"?
"rake it in" is spelled R-A-K-E- -I-T- -I-N.
What does "rake it in" mean?
As a verb, "rake it in" means: To make a lot of money.
What language does "rake it in" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list