# sully vs surely

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sully
*verb · IPA /ˈsʌli/ · frequency rank #25,227*
To soil or stain; to dirty.

### surely
*adverb · IPA /ˈʃɔːli/ · frequency rank #2,766*
Without fail.

## Source
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