rajahvsRayaWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“rajah” and “Raya” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#44,432
“rajah” frequency rank
#36,726
“Raya” frequency rank
81158
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rajah Raya
Definition A Hindu prince or ruler in India. Ellipsis of Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim festival that marks the end of the Ramadan fast.

Letter map: rajah vs Raya

Shared letters muted; letters that set rajah and Raya apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
rajah
4 ch
Raya

Corpus notes: rajah and Raya

rajah and Raya are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81158, 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/. Raya is at rank #36,726, tagged as anoun.

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 81158, this pair ranks #18,262 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of rajah vs Raya

Shared letters: ar. Private to "rajah": hj. Private to "Raya": y.

"rajah" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "Raya" · 4 letters · shape CVVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rajaharjah · raajh · rajahh · rajha · rajjah · rjaah · rrajah
  • Rayaraay · rayya · rraya · ryaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "rajah" and "Raya" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "rajah" vs "Raya" - which ranks higher?
"Raya" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #36,726 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 "Raya".

  • Full dictionary entry for "rajah" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Raya" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #18,262 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rajah" and "Raya" 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 #18,262 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