rajas
"rajas" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“rajas” is uncommon English (frequency #84,647 among 21,470 “R” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,647
- frequency rank, English
- 21,470
- “R” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are active, excitable, or passionate.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | rajas |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #84,647 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “rajas” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
rajas is uncommon English at frequency #84,647 among 21,470 “R” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are active, excitable, or passionate.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for rajas, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Sanskrit रजस् (rajas). Doublet of Erebus. The correct English form is rajas, spelled R-A-J-A-S.
Definition
- 1One of the three gunas in Hindu philosophy, representing things that are active, excitable, or passionate.
Etymology
From Sanskrit रजस् (rajas). Doublet of Erebus.
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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Using “rajas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is R-A-J-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.