kojivsKotaTell them apart

Quick tell: koji is a noun, Kota is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“koji” is a noun and “Kota” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#46,016
“koji” frequency rank
#35,805
“Kota” frequency rank
81821
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature koji Kota
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 city in Rajasthan, India.

Letter map: koji vs Kota

Shared letters muted; letters that set koji and Kota apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. koji and Kota follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

4 ch
koji
4 ch
Kota

Role in the sentence - koji and Kota

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: koji is anoun and Kotaaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 81821, 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/. Kota is at rank #35,805, 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 81821, this pair ranks #16,935 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of koji vs Kota

Shared letters: ko. Private to "koji": ij. Private to "Kota": at.

"koji" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "Kota" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • koji ← kjoi · kkoji · koij · kojji · okji
  • Kota ← kkota · koat · kotta · ktoa · okta

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "koji" for "Kota" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "koji" is a noun and "Kota" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary English text, does "koji" or "Kota" show up more?
"Kota" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #35,805 in our English list, against #46,016 for "koji". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "koji" and "Kota".

  • Full dictionary entry for "koji" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kota" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,935 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "koji" and "Kota" 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 #16,935 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list