# kami vs Kari

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### kami
*noun · frequency rank #28,269*
An animistic god or spirit in the Shinto religion of Japan.

### Kari
*name · frequency rank #29,706*
A female given name from Swedish, of recent usage, equivalent to English Carrie or Cary.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/kami-vs-kari