Which to use
“koji” is a noun and “Kojima” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,016
- “koji” frequency rank
- #38,932
- “Kojima” frequency rank
- 84948
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | koji | Kojima |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | A surname from Japanese. |
Letter map: koji vs Kojima
Shared letters muted; letters that set koji and Kojima apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. koji runs 4 letters (CVCV) against Kojima's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for koji / Kojima
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: koji is anoun and Kojimaaname. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “koji” sits inside “Kojima”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
koji is recorded at frequency rank #46,016, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkoʊd͡ʒi/. Kojima is at rank #38,932, tagged as aname.
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 84948, this pair ranks #11,217 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of koji vs Kojima
Shared letters: ijko. Private to "koji": -. Private to "Kojima": am.
"koji" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "Kojima" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "koji" and "Kojima" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "koji" vs "Kojima" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "koji" and "Kojima". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "koji" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Kojima" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,217 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "koji" and "Kojima" 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 #11,217 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.