English pronunciation · Words Starting with R
Rain Pronunciation
Rain is pronounced RAYN, IPA /ˈreɪn/.
RAYN
US /ˈreɪn/ · UK /ˈreɪn/
Syllables: RAYN (1 syllable)
noun and verb: Water falling from clouds in drops, or the act of it falling.
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Rain in a Sentence
- The rain stopped just before we left.
- It rained every day of the holiday.
- Heavy rain is forecast for the weekend.
Common Mispronunciations of Rain
Not RAHN
Let the vowel glide towards an ee at its finish, because a flat ah leaves the word sounding like a shortened version of ranch.
Not RAY-in
One beat covers it. The ai is a single gliding vowel with nothing sounded behind it.
Tip: Rain, reign and rein are a three-way set of homophones, so only the spelling and the sentence tell them apart.
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