# Wilde vs wile

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wile
*noun · IPA /waɪl/ · frequency rank #46,267*
A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice

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