# vast vs vastly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### vast
*adjective · IPA /vɑːst/ · frequency rank #3,096*
Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

### vastly
*adverb · IPA /ˈvæstli/ · frequency rank #12,712*
Greatly, in a vast manner.

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