# wildly

> English word · Adverb · IPA /ˈwaɪldli/ · frequency rank #11,154

## Definitions
1. In a wild, uncontrolled manner.
2. To a ridiculous or extreme degree; extremely.

## Etymology
From Middle English wildely, wijldeli, wildeliche, equivalent to wild + -ly.

## Easily confused with
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-will)
- **wily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-wily)
- **Wills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-wills)
- **willy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-willy)
- **windy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-windy)
- **Wiley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-wiley)
- **wilds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-wilds)
- **Willa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-willa)
- **Willi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-willi)
- **wisely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-wisely)
- **Willey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-willey)
- **worldly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-worldly)
- **wild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wild-vs-wildly)
- **Wally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wally-vs-wildly)
- **Wilde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilde-vs-wildly)
- **widely** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/widely-vs-wildly)
- **wilder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilder-vs-wildly)
- **weirdly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weirdly-vs-wildly)

## Common misspellings (10)
`iwldly`, `widlly`, `wilddly`, `wildlly`, `wildlyy`, `wildyl`, `willdly`, `willdy`, `wlidly`, `wwildly`

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