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.

  • rajaarja · raaj · rajja · rjaa · rraja
  • rajaharjah · raajh · rajahh · rajha · rajjah · rjaah

Each spelling

raja

noun · /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ · #19,431 frequency

Alternative spelling of rajah.

rajah

noun · /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ · #44,432 frequency

A Hindu prince or ruler in India.

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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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list