# Willa vs wily

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Willa
*name · frequency rank #38,690*
A female given name from the Germanic languages.

### wily
*adjective · IPA /ˈwaɪ.li/ · frequency rank #37,287*
Sly, cunning, full of tricks.

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