# workday vs worldly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### workday
*noun · frequency rank #31,414*
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).

### 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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