# Willey

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,725

## Definitions
1. A civil parish in Herefordshire, England.
2. A village in Barrow parish, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SO672991).
3. A village and civil parish in Rugby district, Warwickshire, England (OS grid ref SP495848).
4. A city in Carroll County, Iowa, United States.
5. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English welig (“willow”) + lēah (“woodland clearing, glade”). Equivalent to willow + -ley (“lea”).

## Easily confused with
- **wily** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-wily)
- **Wills** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-wills)
- **willy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-willy)
- **Willi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-willi)
- **willie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-willie)
- **Willis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-willis)
- **willow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-willow)
- **Wilmer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-wilmer)
- **wilted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-wilted)
- **Wrigley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-wrigley)
- **Woolley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willey-vs-woolley)
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/will-vs-willey)
- **wile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wile-vs-willey)
- **Wiley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiley-vs-willey)
- **Wally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wally-vs-willey)
- **Wilde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wilde-vs-willey)
- **Willa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willa-vs-willey)
- **Wiles** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wiles-vs-willey)
- **wallet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wallet-vs-willey)
- **wildly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wildly-vs-willey)

## Common misspellings (6)
`iwlley`, `wilely`, `willeyy`, `willye`, `wliley`, `wwilley`

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