# badly vs Bala

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### badly
*adverb · IPA /ˈbæd.li/ · frequency rank #3,351*
In a bad manner.

### Bala
*name · frequency rank #33,139*
A small town and community with a town council in Gwynedd, Wales (OS grid ref SH9235).

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