# Wilde vs wildly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wilde
*name · IPA /ˈwaɪld/ · frequency rank #16,623*
A surname from Middle English.

### wildly
*adverb · IPA /ˈwaɪldli/ · frequency rank #11,154*
In a wild, uncontrolled manner.

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