raj
/ɹɑːd͡ʒ/
"raj" is a 3-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“raj” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #13,997) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.
- #13,997
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Reign; rule.
Corpus desk
Index EN-raj · raj · English
raj · rank #13,997 · 0 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #13,997
- LEN-MID 3 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rag
Nearest frequency peer: rag (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbours of confusable “raj”
Peers at similar corpus weight, separate from look-alike pairs below
- pun
pun
86,008 corpus weight
- rag
rag
86,005 corpus weight
- raj
raj
86,004 corpus weight
- rampant
rampant
86,003 corpus weight
- Reggie
Reggie
86,001 corpus weight
- regulating
regulating
86,000 corpus weight
What this shows Bars place “raj” against nearest ranked English headwords, not a reprint of the confusable-pair desk.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | raj |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/ |
| Letters | 3 |
| Frequency rank | #13,997 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Corpus rank beside confusables of “raj”
Easy to mix with look-alikes
The spelling risk for raj is neighbouring look-alikes ("re", "RS", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced /ɹɑːd͡ʒ/. Frequency #13,997 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Gloss: "Reign; rule.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for raj, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "re", "RS", "rd", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi राज (rāj), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of rex, rich, and others. The correct English form is raj, spelled R-A-J.
Definition
- 1Reign; rule.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi राज (rāj), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-. Doublet of rex, rich, and others.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 3 letters (nearest by frequency rank).