English homophones
raja/rajah
"raja" (#19,431 written frequency) beats "rajah" (#44,432) in this 2-word /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ cluster. Size rank #133 of 1,007 English groups.
Data vintage
Frequency splits the cluster
These 2 spellings keep the same /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ reading, but written frequency splits them hard: "raja" leads at #19,431, with "rajah" trailing at #44,432.
Spelling pairs in this cluster
- Shared stem "raja" then splits - "raja" (4 letters) vs "rajah" (5).
Orthographic DNA of this cluster
Shared letters across raja, rajah: ajr. Private letters are the ones only one spelling owns: the eye's fastest tell once sound is out of the picture.
raja
4 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCV
Inventory ajr · no private letters vs siblings
rajah
5 letters · 2 vowels · shape CVCVC
Inventory ahjr · private h
Pick the spelling from the meaning
- Write "raja" when you mean: Alternative spelling of rajah.
- Write "rajah" when you mean: A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
Known mistypes of these spellings
Edit-distance variants recorded against this cluster: useful when a search or OCR feed lands on the wrong form.
Each spelling
Nearby English homophone groups
What to do next
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- "raja" is the most frequent headword in this 2-spelling cluster (rank #19,431 in English). Full entry
- Among English homophone groups, a cluster of 2 spellings ranks #133 by size (1,007 groups in this vintage). Corpus statistics
- Explore a nearby 2-spelling cluster: Rome · roam. Nearby cluster
- Each spelling in "raja, rajah" has its own headword page with definition, IPA, and misspelling variants. First entry
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