Which to use
“workday” is a noun and “worldly” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,414
- “workday” frequency rank
- #18,738
- “worldly” frequency rank
- 50152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | workday | worldly |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any of the days of a week on which work is done; any day in a workweek. The five workdays in many countries are usually Monday to Friday (and are defined as such in official and legal usage even though many people work on weekends). | Concerned with human or earthly matters, physical as opposed to spiritual. |
Letter map: workday vs worldly
Shared letters muted; letters that set workday and worldly apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for workday / worldly
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: workday is anoun and worldlyanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
workday is recorded at frequency rank #31,414, classified as anoun. worldly is at rank #18,738, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈwɜː(ɹ)ldli/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50152, this pair ranks #176,868 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of workday vs worldly
Shared letters: dorwy. Private to "workday": ak. Private to "worldly": l.
"workday" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVV · "worldly" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "workday" and "worldly" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "workday" or "worldly"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "workday" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "worldly" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #176,868 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "workday" and "worldly" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wordy vs workday". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #176,868 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.