# badly vs ball

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ball
*noun · IPA /bɔl/ · frequency rank #961*
A solid or hollow sphere, or roughly spherical mass.

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