Let’s start with the most commonly confused pair: reigns and reins. Reigns refer to the period when a monarch rules a country or kingdom. Reinsare the straps or ropes use… See more

It’s just r-a-i-n if you mean the water that falls from the sky. But it’s r-e-i-g-n if you’re talking about ruling over something, and r-e-i-n for referring to a horse leash or scaling back on so… See more

Another common question I hear all the time is whetherwe should use “reign in” or “rein in” when talking about scaling something back or pulling back on a horse. The correc… See more

Despite their differences in how they’re spelled and what they mean, rain, reign, and rein all have the same pronunciation. You should say each of them as raynwith a long “a” so… See more