# woolly

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwʊli/ · frequency rank #27,343

## Definitions
1. Made of wool.
2. Having a thick, soft texture, as if made of wool.
3. Unclear, fuzzy, hazy, cloudy.
4. Clothed in wool.
5. Cross; irritable.

## Etymology
From Middle English wolly, equivalent to wool + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian wullich (“woolly”), Dutch wollig (“woolly”), German wollig (“woolly”), Swedish ullig (“woolly”).

## Easily confused with
- **worldly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolly-vs-worldly)
- **woolsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolly-vs-woolsey)
- **wool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wool-vs-woolly)
- **woody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woody-vs-woolly)
- **willy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/willy-vs-woolly)
- **Wally** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wally-vs-woolly)
- **Woolf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolf-vs-woolly)
- **wholly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wholly-vs-woolly)
- **wobbly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wobbly-vs-woolly)
- **woolen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-woolly)
- **Woodley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodley-vs-woolly)
- **woollen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woollen-vs-woolly)
- **Woolley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolley-vs-woolly)

## Common misspellings (7)
`owolly`, `wolly`, `wololy`, `woollyy`, `wooly`, `woolyl`, `wwoolly`

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