Which to use
“rajah” and “rath” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,432
- “rajah” frequency rank
- #40,411
- “rath” frequency rank
- 84843
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rajah | rath |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A Hindu prince or ruler in India. | A walled enclosure, especially in Ireland; a ringfort built sometime between the Iron Age and the Viking Age. |
Where the eye mixes rajah and rath
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. rajah runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against rath's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: rajah vs rath
A purely visual mix-up. rajah (/ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/) and rath (/ɹɑːθ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84843, 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/. rath is at rank #40,411, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹɑːθ/.
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 84843, this pair ranks #11,368 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of rajah vs rath
Shared letters: ahr. Private to "rajah": j. Private to "rath": t.
"rajah" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "rath" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rajah" for "rath" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rajah" vs "rath" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "rajah" and "rath" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "rajah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rath" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,368 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rajah" and "rath" 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 #11,368 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.