ráj
[raːj]
The verdict
“ráj” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 3
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ort, wohin die Seelen von Verstorbenen gehen; Paradies
Corpus desk
Index DE-raj · ráj · German
ráj · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "R" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | ráj |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [raːj] |
| Letters | 3 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „ráj“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
ráj is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [raːj]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for ráj in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is ráj, spelled R-Á-J.
Definition
- 1Ort, wohin die Seelen von Verstorbenen gehen; Paradies
- 2Ort der Seligkeit, der Freude; Paradies
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how ráj appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Dalo by se proto očekávat, že peníze zmizely v daňových rájích a že si mladíci na dalekých ostrovech připravili zázemí pro pohádkový život?“
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.