# godly vs googly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### godly
*adjective · IPA /ˈɡɑdli/ · frequency rank #20,649*
Of or pertaining to a god

### googly
*noun · IPA /ˈɡʉːɡli/ · frequency rank #48,258*
A ball, bowled by a leg-break bowler, that spins from off to leg (to a right-handed batsman), unlike a normal leg-break delivery.

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