# wildly vs worldly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### worldly
*adjective · IPA /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/ · frequency rank #18,738*
Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual.

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