“The king's rain lasted 40 years.”
Confusables Entry 295 / 1605 60-second read
Rain vs. Reign vs Rein
Water from sky versus royalty rule versus horse control.
The comparisoni
“The king's reign lasted 40 years.”
The ruleii
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RAIN = weather.
Triple homophones. 'Rein in' is frequently misspelled as 'reign in'.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
r-EIG-n = S-OVER-EIG-n (Royalty).