# lazar vs Lazarus

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### 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.

### Lazarus
*name · IPA /ˈlæzəɹəs/ · frequency rank #20,687*
Lazarus of Bethany, a man supposedly raised from the dead by Jesus Christ and later (Christianity) revered as a saint.

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