# badly vs billy

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### billy
*noun · IPA /ˈbɪli/ · frequency rank #4,061*
A fellow, companion, comrade, mate; partner, brother.

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