# lousy vs lowly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### lousy
*adjective · IPA /ˈlaʊ.zi/ · frequency rank #19,383*
Remarkably bad; of poor quality.

### lowly
*adjective · IPA /ˈləʊli/ · frequency rank #20,420*
Not high; not elevated in place; low.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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