swaraj

noun

"swaraj" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“swaraj” is uncommon English (frequency #52,659 among 6,566 “S” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,659
frequency rank, English
6,566
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - self-rule

Corpus desk

Index EN-swaraj · swaraj · English

swaraj · rank #52,659 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,659
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 6,566
  • PHOTO-FINISH subsea

Nearest frequency peer: subsea (-2 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.

Long-tail ranks near “swaraj”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “swaraj” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for swaraj
PropertyValue
Headwordswaraj
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Frequency rank#52,659
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “swaraj” in English

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).swarajfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

The axis is logarithmic, with each marked tick roughly ten times rarer than the last. Rare peers in the same band: “subsea” (#52,657), “suboptimal” (#52,656), “switcher” (#52,662). Among 6,566 “S” headwords, “swaraj” is #52,659. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

swaraj is uncommon English at frequency #52,659 among 6,566 “S” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "self-rule".

No misspelling variants are generated for swaraj in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: Hindi स्वराज (svarāj) The correct English form is swaraj, spelled S-W-A-R-A-J.

Definition

  1. 1
    self-rule

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how swaraj appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Are the brown Indians to share equally in the ruling of the British Empire or are they an inferior race? And curiously enough, the battle on this point is impending not simply in the unchecked movement toward "swaraj" in India but in Africa—in the Union of South Africa and in Kenya.
  2. This includes buen vivir (or sumak kawsay or suma qamaña), a culture of life with different names and varieties emerging from indigenous peoples in various regions of South America; ubuntu, with its emphasis on human mutuality (“I am because we are”) in South Africa; radical ecological democracy or ecological swaraj, with a focus on self-reliance and self…

Etymology

Hindi स्वराज (svarāj)

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "swaraj"?
"swaraj" is spelled S-W-A-R-A-J.
What does "swaraj" mean?
As a noun, "swaraj" means: self-rule
What is the origin of the word "swaraj"?
Hindi स्वराज (svarāj) See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "swaraj", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list