# willful vs wistful

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### willful
*adjective · frequency rank #26,308*
American standard spelling of wilful.

### wistful
*adjective · IPA /ˈwɪstfəl/ · frequency rank #41,475*
Full of longing or yearning.

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