Commonly Confused Words
Some words sound similar and other looks similar, but either case can cause confusion. Each of the links below represents a quiz for a particular pair of commonly confused words.- accept vs except
- adverse vs averse
- advice vs advise
- affect vs effect
- aisle vs isle
- aloud vs allowed
- altar vs alter
- amoral vs immoral
- appraise vs apprise
- assent vs ascent
- aural vs oral
- balmy vs barmy
- bare vs bear
- bated vs baited
- bazaar vs bizarre
- berth vs birth
- born vs borne
- bough vs bow
- brake vs break
- breach vs breech
- broach vs brooch
- canvas vs canvass
- censure vs censor
- cereal vs serial
- chord vs cord
- climactic vs climatic
- coarse vs course
- complacent vs complaisant
- complement vs compliment
- council vs counsel
- cue vs queue
- curb vs kerb
- currant vs current
- defuse vs diffuse
- desert vs dessert
- discreet vs discrete
- disinterested vs uninterested
- draught vs draft
- draw vs drawer
- dual vs duel
- illicit vs ensure
- envelop vs envelope
- exercise vs exorcise
- fawn vs faun
- flout vs flounder
- forbear vs forebear
- foreword vs forward
- freeze vs frieze
- grisly vs grizzly
- hoard vs horde
- imply vs infer
- loath vs loathe
- loose vs lose
- meter vs metre
- militate vs mitigate
- palate vs palette
- pedal vs peddle
- pole vs poll
- pour vs pore
- practice vs practise
- prescribe vs proscribe
- principal vs principle
- sceptic vs septic
- sight vs site
- stationary vs stationery
- storey vs story
- titillate vs titivate
- tortuous vs torturous
- wreath vs wreathe
