Which to use
“Kenji” is a name and “koji” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,212
- “Kenji” frequency rank
- #46,016
- “koji” frequency rank
- 82228
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kenji | koji |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A male given name from Japanese. | A substance that is produced by letting a mold, especially Aspergillus oryzae, grow on rice, barley, soybeans, etc., used to make fermented products such as sake, amazake, miso, and soy sauce. |
Letter map: Kenji vs koji
Shared letters muted; letters that set Kenji and koji apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Kenji runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against koji's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for Kenji / koji
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Kenji is aname and kojianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82228, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Kenji is recorded at frequency rank #36,212, classified as aname. koji is at rank #46,016, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkoʊd͡ʒi/.
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 82228, this pair ranks #16,133 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Kenji vs koji
Shared letters: ijk. Private to "Kenji": en. Private to "koji": o.
"Kenji" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "koji" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Kenji" and "koji" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Kenji" or "koji"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "Kenji" and "koji". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kenji" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "koji" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #16,133 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kenji" and "koji" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "koji vs Kop". 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 #16,133 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.