# Lamar vs lazar

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Lamar
*name · IPA /ləˈmɑː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #13,744*
A habitational surname from Old French.

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lamar-vs-lazar