# sly vs sov

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sly
*adjective · IPA /slaɪ/ · frequency rank #17,246*
Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.

### sov
*noun · frequency rank #47,919*
Pound sterling.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sly-vs-sov