# lama vs lazar

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### lazar
*noun · IPA /ˈleɪzə/ · frequency rank #37,065*
Synonym of leper: a person suffering from Hansen's disease; a person suffering any contagious disease requiring similar isolation.

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