# unholy vs unruly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### unholy
*adjective · IPA /ʌnˈhəʊli/ · frequency rank #26,645*
Not holy; (by extension) evil, impure, or otherwise perverted.

### unruly
*adjective · IPA /ʌnˈɹuːli/ · frequency rank #26,294*
Wild; uncontrolled.

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