# lama vs lambda

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lama
*noun · IPA /ˈlɑː.mə/ · frequency rank #15,445*
A master of Tibetan Buddhism.

### lambda
*noun · IPA /ˈlæm.də/ · frequency rank #26,857*
The eleventh letter of the Classical and Modern Greek alphabet, the twelfth of the Old Greek alphabet.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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