# raja vs Riga

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### raja
*noun · IPA /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ · frequency rank #19,431*
Alternative spelling of rajah.

### Riga
*name · IPA /ˈɹiːɡə/ · frequency rank #29,816*
The capital city of Latvia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raja-vs-riga