Trajan
/ˈtɹeɪ.d͡ʒən/
"trajan" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Trajan” is uncommon English (frequency #53,918 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #53,918
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A Roman emperor who ruled from AD 98 to 117
Corpus desk
Index EN-trajan · Trajan · English
Trajan · rank #53,918 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #53,918
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH touchpad
Nearest frequency peer: touchpad (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Trajan”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- tix
tix
46,086 corpus weight
- touchpad
touchpad
46,084 corpus weight
- Trajan
Trajan
46,083 corpus weight
- trapdoor
trapdoor
46,082 corpus weight
- tricolor
tricolor
46,081 corpus weight
- triennial
triennial
46,080 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Trajan” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Trajan |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɹeɪ.d͡ʒən/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #53,918 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Trajan” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Trajan is uncommon English at frequency #53,918 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ˈtɹeɪ.d͡ʒən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Trajan has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin Trāiānus. The correct English form is Trajan, spelled T-R-A-J-A-N.
Definition
- 1A Roman emperor who ruled from AD 98 to 117
- 2A male given name from Latin.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin Trāiānus.
This word in other languages
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
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).