Commonly Confused Words
300 sets of commonly confused
words
"Advice"
or "advise"? "Farther" or "further"?
"Principal" or "principle"? It's easy to confuse words that
are similar in sound, spelling, or meaning. But with a bit of review it's also
easy to clear up such confusions.
A
- A, An,
& And
- Abstruse
and Obtuse
- Accept,
Except, and Expect
- Accidental
and Incidental
- Ad and Add
- Adapt and
Adopt
- Adverse
and Averse
- Advice and
Advise
- Affect and
Effect
- Afterward(s)
and Afterword
- Aggravate
and Irritate
- Aid and
Aide
- Aisle,
I'll, and Isle
- All Ready
and Already
- All
Together and Altogether
- Allude and
Elude
- Allusion
and Illusion
- Allusive
and Elusive
- A Lot
(Much, Many)
- Altar and
Alter
- Ambiguous
and Ambivalent
- Among and
Between
- Amoral and
Immoral
- Amount and
Number
- Amuse and
Bemuse
- Anecdote
and Antidote
- Angel and
Angle
- Anonymous
and Unanimous
- Anxious
and Eager
- Anyone and
Any One
- Appraise
and Apprise
- Ardent and
Arduous
- Are and
Our
- Ascent and
Assent
- Assure,
Ensure, and Insure
- Aural and
Oral
- Avocation
and Vocation
- Awhile and
A While
B
- Bail and
Bale
- Baited and
Bated
- Band and
Banned
- Bare and
Bear
- Bathos and
Pathos
- Beat and
Beet
- Beside and
Besides
- Bloc and
Block
- Boar,
Boor, and Bore
- Board and
Bored
- Bolder and
Boulder
- Brake and
Break
- Bread,
Bred, and Breed
- Breakdown
and Break Down
- Breath and
Breathe
- Bridal and
Bridle
- Bring and
Take
- Broach and
Brooch
- Buy, By,
and Bye
C
- Calvary
and Cavalry
- Cannon and
Canon
- Canvas and
Canvass
- Capital
and Capitol
- Carat,
Caret, and Carrot
- Ceiling
and Sealing
- Cel, Cell,
and Sell
- Censor and
Censure
- Cent,
Scent, and Sent
- Cereal and
Serial
- Chafe and
Chaff
- Chaotic
and Inchoate
- Childish
and Childlike
- Choose,
Chose, and Chosen
- Chord and
Cord
- Cite and
Site
- Cleanup
and Clean Up
- Click and
Clique
- Climactic
and Climatic
- Close,
Clothes, and Cloths
- Coarse and
Course
- Collaborate
and Cooperate
- Complement
and Compliment
- Complementary
and Complimentary
- Compulsion
and Compunction
- Confidant
and Confident
- Conscience
and Conscious
- Consequently
and Subsequently
- Contemptible
and Contemptuous
- Continual
and Continuous
- Council
and Counsel
- Credible,
Creditable, and Credulous
- Criterion
and Criteria
D
- Dam and
Damn
- Days and
Daze
- Dazed and
Dazzled
- Dear and
Deer
- Defective
and Deficient
- Defuse and
Diffuse
- Dependant
and Dependent
- Deprecate
and Depreciate
- Desert and
Dessert
- Device and
Devise
- Diagnosis
and Prognosis
- Die and
Dye
- Discover
and Invent
- Discreet
and Discrete
- Disinterested
and Uninterested
- Distinct
and Distinctive
- Dual and
Duel
E
- Earthly
and Earthy
- Economic
and Economical
- E.g. and
I.e.
- Elicit and
Illicit
- Emigrate
and Immigrate
- Eminent
and Imminent
- Envelop
and Envelope
- Epigram,
Epigraph, and Epitaph
- Etc. and
Et al.
- Eventually
and Ultimately
- Everyday
and Every Day
- Everyone
and Every One
- Evoke and
Invoke
- Exhort and
Extort
- Explicit
and Implicit
F
- Faint and
Feint
- Fair and
Fare
- Farrago
and Fiasco
- Farther
and Further
- Faze and
Phase
- Few
(Fewer) and Little (Less)
- Finally
and Finely
- Find and
Fined
- Fir and
Fur
- Flair and
Flare
- Flammable,
Inflammable, and Nonflammable
- Flaunt and
Flout
- Flea and
Flee
- Flesh Out
and Flush Out
- Flew, Flu,
and Flue
- Flounder
and Founder
- Flour and
Flower
- Forbear
and Forebear
- Foreword
and Forward
- Formally
and Formerly
- Forth and
Fourth
- Fortunate
and Fortuitous
- Full and
Fulsome
G
- Garner and
Garnish
- Gibe,
Jibe, and Jive
- Good and
Well
- Gorilla
and Guerrilla
- Gourmand
and Gourmet
- Grate and
Great
- Grateful
and Gratified
- Grisly and
Grizzly
- Groan and
Grown
- Guessed
and Guest
H
- Hall and
Haul
- Hanged and
Hung
- Hardy and
Hearty
- Have and
Of
- Hear and
Here
- Heard and
Herd
- Heroin and
Heroine
- Higher and
Hire
- Historic
and Historical
- Hoard and
Horde
- Hoarse and
Horse
- Hole and
Whole
- Home and
Hone
- Hoping and
Hopping
- Hour and
Our
- Human and
Humane
- Hurdle and
Hurtle
I
- I and Me
- Imaginary
and Imaginative
- Imply and
Infer
- In and
Into
- Incidence
and Incidents
- Incite and
Insight
- Incredible
and Incredulous
- Indiscreet
and Indiscrete
- Ingenious
and Ingenuous
- Inhuman
and Inhumane
- Insidious
and Invidious
- Intense
and Intent
- Interment
and Internment
- Inveigh
and Inveigle
- Its and
It's
J
K
L
- Last and
Latter
- Later and
Latter
- Lay and
Lie
- Leach and
Leech
- Lead and
Led
- Leave and
Let
- Lend and
Loan
- Lessen and
Lesson
- Lets and
Let's
- Liable and
Libel
- Lightening
and Lightning
- Limp and
Limpid
- Literally
and Figuratively
- Loath and
Loathe
- Loose and
Lose
- Luxuriant
and Luxurious
M
- Mail and
Male
- Manner and
Manor
- Mantel and
Mantle
- Many and
Much
- Marital
and Martial
- Material
and Materiel
- Maybe and
May Be
- Meat,
Meet, and Mete
- Medal,
Meddle, Metal, and Mettle
- Media,
Medium, and Mediums
- Militate
and Mitigate
- Miner and
Minor
- Missed and
Mist
- Moot and
Mute
- Moral and
Morale
N
O
P
- Pail and
Pale
- Pain and
Pane
- Pair,
Pare, and Pear
- Palatable
and Palpable
- Palate,
Palette, and Pallet
- Passed and
Past
- Patience
and Patients
- Peace and
Piece
- Peak,
Peek, and Pique
- Pedal and
Peddle
- Penultimate
and Ultimate
- Perpetrate
and Perpetuate
- Perquisite
and Prerequisite
- Persecute
and Prosecute
- Personal
and Personnel
- Perspective
and Prospective
- Perverse
and Perverted
- Plain and
Plane
- Pole and
Poll
- Poor,
Pore, and Pour
- Pray and
Prey
- Precede
and Proceed
- Precedence
and Precedents
- Premier
and Premiere
- Prescribe
and Proscribe
- Principal
and Principle
- Prodigy
and Protégé
- Profit and
Prophet
- Prophecy
and Prophesy
- Prostate
and Prostrate
Q
R
- Rack and
Wrack
- Rain,
Reign, and Rein
- Raise,
Raze, and Rise
- Rapt and
Wrapped
- Rational
and Rationale
- Ravage and
Ravish
- Real and
Reel
- Recourse
and Resource
- Regretful
and Regrettable
- Reluctant
and Reticent
- Respectfully
and Respectively
- Restive
and Restless
- Review and
Revue
- Riffle and
Rifle
- Right,
Rite, Wright, and Write
- Ring and
Wring
- Risky and
Risqué
- Role and
Roll
S
- Sail and
Sale
- Scene and
Seen
- Seam and
Seem
- Seasonable
and Seasonal
- Sensible
and Sensitive
- Sensual
and Sensuous
- Serve and
Service
- Set and
Sit
- Shall and
Will
- Shear and
Sheer
- Should and
Would
- Sic and Sick
- Simple and
Simplistic
- Skulk and
Sulk
- Soar and
Sore
- Sole and
Soul
- Sometime,
Some time, and Sometimes
- Stair and
Stare
- Stake and
Steak
- Stanch and
Staunch
- Stationary
and Stationery
- Statue and
Statute
- Steal and
Steel
- Straight
and Strait
- Suit,
Suite, and Sweet
T
- Tack and
Tact
- Tail and
Tale
- Taught and
Taut
- Team and Teem
- Temerity
and Timidity
- Than and
Then
- Their,
There, and They're
- Threw,
Through, and Thru
- Throes and
Throws
- Tide and
Tied
- To, Too,
and Two
- Torpid and
Torrid
- Tortuous
and Torturous
- Track and
Tract
- Troop and
Troupe
- Trustee
and Trusty
- Turbid,
Turbulent, and Turgid
U
V
W
- Wade and
Weighed
- Waist and
Waste
- Wait and
Weight
- Waive and
Wave
- Ware,
Wear, and Where
- Way and
Weigh
- Weak and Week
- Weather
and Whether
- Were,
We're, and Where
- Wet and
Whet
- Who,
Which, and That
- Who and
Whom
- Whoever
and Whomever
- Whose and
Who's
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