rajah
/ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/
"rajah" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rajah” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,432. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #44,432
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
Corpus desk
Index EN-rajah · rajah · English
rajah · rank #44,432 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #44,432
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH Raffaele
Nearest frequency peer: Raffaele (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “rajah”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Qingdao
Qingdao
55,573 corpus weight
- quantifiable
quantifiable
55,572 corpus weight
- Raffaele
Raffaele
55,570 corpus weight
- rajah
rajah
55,569 corpus weight
- Ramallah
Ramallah
55,568 corpus weight
- rata
rata
55,566 corpus weight
What this shows “rajah” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
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 | rajah |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #44,432 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “rajah”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around rajah (IPA /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,432 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for rajah, with forms such as "arjah", "raajh", and "rajahh". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "rash", "Rama", "Rana", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, re… The correct English form is rajah, spelled R-A-J-A-H.
Definition
- 1A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
- 2Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Charaxes.
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi राजा (rājā) and Urdu راجا (rājā), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan, “king, prince”), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *Hrā́ȷ́ā (“king”), from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Hrā́ȷ́ā, from Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵ-ō, from *h₃rḗǵs (“ruler, king”). Doublet of Rex, rex, and roy.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arjah
- raajh
- rajahh
- rajha
- rajjah
- rjaah
- rrajah
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of rajah - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "rajah", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).