rajahvsRajuConfusable pair

Quick tell: rajah is a noun, Raju is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rajah” is a noun and “Raju” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,432
“rajah” frequency rank
#32,143
“Raju” frequency rank
76575
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rajah Raju
Definition A Hindu prince or ruler in India. A male given name from Telugu.

Letter map: rajah vs Raju

Shared letters muted; letters that set rajah and Raju apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. rajah runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Raju's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
rajah
4 ch
Raju

Role in the sentence - rajah and Raju

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rajah is anoun and Rajuaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rajah is recorded at frequency rank #44,432, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/. Raju is at rank #32,143, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 76575, this pair ranks #29,717 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rajah vs Raju

Shared letters: ajr. Private to "rajah": h. Private to "Raju": u.

"rajah" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Raju" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rajah ← arjah · raajh · rajahh · rajha · rajjah · rjaah · rrajah
  • Raju ← arju · rajju · rauj · rjau · rraju

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rajah" and "Raju" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rajah" is a noun and "Raju" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "rajah" or "Raju" show up more?
"Raju" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #32,143 in our English list, against #44,432 for "rajah". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rajah" and "Raju".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rajah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Raju" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #29,717 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rajah" and "Raju" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rabat vs rajah". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #29,717 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list