# wily vs Wray

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Wray
*name · frequency rank #32,658*
A village in Wray-with-Botton parish, City of Lancaster district, Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD6067).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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