Raju
"raju" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Raju” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #32,143. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,143
- frequency rank, English
- 3,094
- “R” headwords
- 5
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A male given name from Telugu.
Corpus desk
Index EN-raju · Raju · English
Raju · rank #32,143 · 5 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,143
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 5 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,094
- PHOTO-FINISH rechargeable
Nearest frequency peer: rechargeable (+3 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 “Raju”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- propellant
propellant
67,864 corpus weight
- pulley
pulley
67,862 corpus weight
- Raju
Raju
67,858 corpus weight
- rechargeable
rechargeable
67,855 corpus weight
- recluse
recluse
67,854 corpus weight
- refinance
refinance
67,852 corpus weight
What this shows “Raju” 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 | Raju |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #32,143 |
| Misspellings tracked | 5 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Raju”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 5 spelling variants around Raju, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #32,143 among 3,094 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for Raju, with forms such as "arju", "rajju", and "rauj". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "ran", "ray", "raw", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Telugu రాజు (rāju, “king”), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan). The correct English form is Raju, spelled R-A-J-U.
Definition
- 1A male given name from Telugu.
- 2A surname from Telugu [in turn originating as a patronymic].
Etymology
Borrowed from Telugu రాజు (rāju, “king”), from Sanskrit राजन् (rājan).
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- arju
- rajju
- rauj
- rjau
- rraju
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Raju - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "Raju", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).