# Wayland vs wayward

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wayland
*name · IPA /ˈweɪ.lənd/ · frequency rank #40,083*
A legendary blacksmith in Germanic mythology.

### wayward
*adjective · IPA /ˈweɪwə(ɹ)d/ · frequency rank #25,974*
Given to a wilful, perverse deviation from the expected norm; tending to stray.

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