# lone vs lonely

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lone
*adjective · IPA /ləʊn/ · frequency rank #8,168*
Solitary; having no companion.

### lonely
*adjective · IPA /ˈləʊnli/ · frequency rank #4,688*
Unhappy due to feeling isolated from contact with other people.

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