Which to use
“kama” and “kami” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #38,459
- “kama” frequency rank
- #28,269
- “kami” frequency rank
- 66728
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | kama | kami |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A sickle-like weapon, originally used as a tool for cutting weeds. | An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan. |
Letter map: kama vs kami
Shared letters muted; letters that set kama and kami apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. kama and kami follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Pair insight - kama / kami
kama and kami are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - a in “kama” becomes i in “kami”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66728, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
kama is recorded at frequency rank #38,459, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɑmə/. kami is at rank #28,269, tagged as anoun.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 66728, this pair ranks #66,680 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of kama vs kami
Shared letters: akm. Private to "kama": -. Private to "kami": i.
"kama" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "kami" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "kama" and "kami" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "kama" or "kami" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "kama" vs "kami" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "kama" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "kami" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #66,680 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "kama" and "kami" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "kain vs kama". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #66,680 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.