rainbow

noun

The verdict

“rainbow” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #21,134. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#21,134
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cocktail composé notamment de vodka et de curaçao, de jus d’orange et de sirop de grenadine.

Corpus desk

Index FR-rainbow · rainbow · French

rainbow · rank #21,134 · 10 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #21,134
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH quotient

Nearest frequency peer: quotient (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « rainbow »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « rainbow » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for rainbow
PropertyValue
Headwordrainbow
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters7
Frequency rank#21,134
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « rainbow »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).rainbowse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « quotient » (#21,133), « ramon » (#21,135), « qualifient » (#21,132). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « rainbow » est au #21,134. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around rainbow, anoun. Corpus frequency is #21,134 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cocktail composé notamment de vodka et de curaçao, de jus d’orange et de sirop de grenadine.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for rainbow, with forms such as "arinbow", "raibnow", and "rainbbow". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct French form is rainbow, spelled R-A-I-N-B-O-W.

Definition

  1. 1
    Cocktail composé notamment de vodka et de curaçao, de jus d’orange et de sirop de grenadine.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Si le rainbow est une boisson enivrante dont les liqueurs superposées forment un prisme liquide et qui s’éteint dans le gosier de l’Homme altéré, pourquoi le moi de Lady Diana ne serait-il pas un rainbow de vertus et de vices qui peuvent flatter le goût d’un moraliste indulgent ?

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • arinbow
  • raibnow
  • rainbbow
  • rainboww
  • rainbwo
  • rainnbow
  • rainobw
  • ranibow
  • rianbow
  • rrainbow

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rainbow - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

arinbow2raibnow2rainbbow1rainboww1rainbwo2rainnbow1rainobw2ranibow2
Edit distance from "rainbow"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "rainbow"?
"rainbow" is spelled R-A-I-N-B-O-W.
What does "rainbow" mean?
As a noun, "rainbow" means: Cocktail composé notamment de vodka et de curaçao, de jus d’orange et de sirop de grenadine.
What are common misspellings of "rainbow"?
Common misspellings include "arinbow", "raibnow", "rainbbow", "rainboww", "rainbwo". The correct spelling is "rainbow".
What language does "rainbow" come from?
"rainbow" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rainbow", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list