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List of Confusing Words in English

This document provides a list of commonly confused word pairs in English. It groups the words into categories and provides the word pairs one below the other without definitions to highlight their similarities and differences. The list contains over 100 word pairs from "a/an/one" to "worse/worst" that are often mixed up or used incorrectly in the English language.

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List of Confusing Words in English

This document provides a list of commonly confused word pairs in English. It groups the words into categories and provides the word pairs one below the other without definitions to highlight their similarities and differences. The list contains over 100 word pairs from "a/an/one" to "worse/worst" that are often mixed up or used incorrectly in the English language.

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List Of allow / let / permit

allude / elude
Confusing almost / mostly / nearly

Words In alone / lonely / only

English also / as well / too

ALTAR / ALTER
a / an / one
although / though / even though
able / capable
among / between
accident / incident
amoral / immoral
accurate / exact / precise
amount / number / quantity
ache / pain / hurt
ancient / antique
actual / current / present
angry / upset
administrator / boss / manager
another / other / others
adverse / averse
answer / reply / respond
advice / advise
any / some
affect / effect
apartment / flat / studio
afraid / scared / frightened
apologize / sorry
after / later
apology / excuse
agenda / itinerary / schedule

ago / back / before


APPRAISE / APPRISE
aid / assist / help arrive / come / get / reach

aim / goal / objective as far as / as long as / as soon as

alien / foreigner / stranger assure / ensure / insure

alive / life / live automobile / car / vehicle

already / yet await / hope / expect / wait

all / whole / every award / reward / prize

all of / each of awkward / embarrassing

all ready / already / all right / alright baggage / luggage

beach / coast / shore


beautiful / pretty city / downtown / town

become / get / turn classic / classical

been / gone clever / intelligent / smart

before / in front of / opposite / across from close / near / next

beg / plead close / shut

begin / start cloth / clothes / clothing

belong to / belong with / belong in collect / gather

below / under / beneath / underneath come back / go back / get back

beside / besides COMPLIMENT / COMPLEMENT


big / large concern / concerned / concerning
big, small, long, short, tall, huge, and tiny confident / confidant / confidence
bill / invoice / receipt continual / continuous
blanket / comforter / quilt convince / persuade
borrow / lend / loan / owe could / should / would
bother / disturb council / counsel
bravery / courage critic / critical / criticism / critique
bring / take cure / treat / heal / recover
bring up / grow up custom / habit
Britain / England / the U.K. deadly / fatal / lethal
broad / wide decent / descent / dissent
by / until delay / late / postpone
can / could / able to deny / refuse / reject / decline
capital / capitol defect / fault / flaw
carpet / mat / rug definitely / definitively
ceiling / roof despite / in spite of
chance / possibility / opportunity die / died / dead
change / switch difficult / hard
chauffeur / driver dilemma / quandary
dinner / supper / meal / snack extend / expand

dirt / earth / soil famous / infamous

dirty / messy farther / further

disability / handicap / impairment fee / fare / tax

discover / find out / notice / realize female / feminine / woman

DISCREET / DISCRETE few / little / less / fewer

fit / match / suit


disease / illness
floor / ground
disinterested / uninterested
for / since
distinct / distinctive
forest / jungle / wood / woods
do / make
fun / funny
dress / dressed / wear
girl / lady / woman
during / while / meanwhile / meantime
good / well
early / soon
good evening / good night
earn / gain / win
gratuity / tip
e.g. / i.e.
guarantee / warranty
economic / economical
gut / guts
effective / efficient
hard / hardly
either / neither
have / have got
electric / electrical / electronic
have to / must / need to
empathy / sympathy
haven’t / don’t have
employees / staff
hear / listen
end / finish
hijack / kidnap
enough / too
historic / historical
enquire / inquire
holiday / vacation
especially / specially
hope / wish
every day / everyday
hopefully / thankfully
ex- / former / previous
hostel / hotel / motel
explore / exploit
house / home late / lately

how about…? / what about…? lay / lie

human / humankind / human being / man / mankindlike / as

hundred / hundreds little / small

I / my / me / mine / myself ? look / see / watch

if I was… / if I were… lose / loose

if / whether lose / miss

ignore / neglect made of / made from

ill / sick marriage / married / wedding

impending / pending may / might

imply / infer MORAL / MORALE


in / into / inside / within
Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. / Miss
in / on / at
music / song
in time / on time
nausea / nauseous / queasy
incite / insight
north / northern
income / salary / wage
notable / noticeable
Indian / indigenous / Native American
ocean / sea / lake / pond
inhabit / live / reside
of / from
intend / tend
oppress / suppress / repress
interested / interesting
overtake / take over
interfere / intervene
pass away / pass out
its / it’s
pass the time / spend time
job / work / career
peak / pique
just / only
persons / peoples
kinds / types / sorts
poison / venom
know / meet
politics / policy
last / latest
poor / pore / pour
last / past
pray / prey
PRINCIPAL / PRINCIPLE to / for

too / very
problem / trouble
travel / trip / journey
quiet / silent
used to / be used to
raise / rise / arise
wake / awake / sleep / asleep
regard / regardless / regards
wander / wonder
regretful / regrettable
wary / weary
relation / relationship
what / which
remember / remind / recall / recollect
which / that
replace / substitute
who / whom
resolve / solve
will / would
review / revise
worse / worst
rob / thief / steal
year-old / years old
safety / security

sell / sale

say / tell / speak

scream / shout

sensible / sensitive

shade / shadow

so / such

so / very / a lot

some time / sometime / sometimes

stuff / things

such as / as such

suppose / supposed to

than / then

think about / think of

tide / waves

till / until

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