How to spell rain

Rain is spelled R-A-I-N.

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What it means: Drops of water falling from clouds.

In a sentence: The rain made the flowers grow.

Not to be confused with: reign, rein, a different word.

Same family: rains, raining, rainy, rainfall, rainstorm. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: The word "rain" comes from Old English "regn" or "regen," meaning rain, and is related to similar words in German and Dutch. It is one of the oldest weather words in English and has been used for over a thousand years.

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