Rayne
/ɹeɪn/
"rayne" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Rayne” is uncommon English (frequency #59,660 among 3,094 “R” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #59,660
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Raine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rayne · Rayne · English
Rayne · rank #59,660 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #59,660
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Ratna
Nearest frequency peer: Ratna (-1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “Rayne”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- rasp
rasp
40,344 corpus weight
- Ratna
Ratna
40,342 corpus weight
- Rayne
Rayne
40,341 corpus weight
- reeder
reeder
40,338 corpus weight
- rehabilitat…
rehabilitative
40,337 corpus weight
- reignite
reignite
40,336 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Rayne” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Rayne |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ɹeɪn/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #59,660 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Rayne” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Rayne is uncommon English at frequency #59,660 among 3,094 “R” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ɹeɪn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 5 senses are on record.
Rayne has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is Rayne, spelled R-A-Y-N-E.
Definition
- 1A surname transferred from the given name, variant of Raine.
- 2A female given name.
- 3A city in Acadia Parish, Louisiana, United States.
- 4A township in Indiana County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- 5A village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England (OS grid ref TL7222).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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