# woolly vs worldly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### woolly
*adjective · IPA /ˈwʊli/ · frequency rank #27,343*
Made of wool.

### 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.
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