# rajah

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɹɑː.d͡ʒə/ · frequency rank #44,432

## Definitions
1. A Hindu prince or ruler in India.
2. Any 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.

## Easily confused with
- **rash** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rash)
- **Rama** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rama)
- **Rana** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rana)
- **Raza** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-raza)
- **Raju** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-raju)
- **Raya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-raya)
- **rasa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rasa)
- **rath** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rath)
- **rata** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rata)
- **ralph** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-ralph)
- **ranch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-ranch)
- **Rajiv** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rajiv)
- **Rojas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rojas)
- **Rajesh** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rajah-vs-rajesh)
- **raj** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raj-vs-rajah)
- **rah** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rah-vs-rajah)
- **raja** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/raja-vs-rajah)
- **rada** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rada-vs-rajah)
- **radar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/radar-vs-rajah)
- **rabat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rabat-vs-rajah)

## Common misspellings (7)
`arjah`, `raajh`, `rajahh`, `rajha`, `rajjah`, `rjaah`, `rrajah`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/rajah