Confusing Words in English and How to Use Them Correctly
Confusing words that sound the same? Do you keep using ‘through’ instead of
‘threw’, and mixing your ‘too’, ‘to’, and ‘two’? Have no fear – Ginger’s spelling
book is here!
Ginger’s spelling book contains a broad collection of the most frequent word-pairs
that people tend to confuse. Browse it by clicking on a specific letter to see how
to remember which word is witch...or...which!
Confusing words index
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- a while vs. awhile
- accent vs. ascent vs. assent
- accept vs. except
- access vs. excess
- acclimation vs. acclamation
- acumen vs. acuity
- ad vs. add
- adduce vs. deduce vs. deduct
- adjacent vs. adjoining
- adopted vs. adoptive
- adventure vs. venture
- adverse vs. averse
- aesthetic vs. acetic vs. ascetic
- affluent vs. effluent
- affront vs. effrontery
- adapt vs. adopt
- aide vs. aid
- ail vs. ale
- alighted vs. lighted
- all ready vs. already
- all ways vs. always
- allergen vs. allergenic
- allowed vs. aloud
- allude vs. elude
- aloud vs. allowed
- although vs. though
- altogether vs. all together
- ambiguous vs. ambivalent
- amend vs. emend
- angel vs. angle
- ant vs. aunt
- ante vs. anti
- any more vs. anymore
- anyway vs. any way
- appreciable vs. appreciative
- arc vs. ark
- arise vs. rise
- around vs. round
- arouse vs. rouse
- arrant vs. errand vs. errant
- artist vs. artiste
- arty vs. artful
- assignation vs. assignment vs. assassination
- assistants vs. assistance
- astrology vs. astronomy
- atheist vs. agnostic
- attenuate vs. extenuate
- auger vs. augur
- avenge vs. revenge
- await vs. wait
- awaken vs. awake vs. wake vs. waken
- axiom vs. maxim
- a vs. an vs. and
- accept vs. except vs. expect
- advice vs. advise
- affect vs. effect
- afterward(s) vs. afterword
- aggravate vs. irritate
- aid vs. aide
- all together vs. altogether
- backward vs. backwards
- baited vs. bated
- bale vs. bail
- ball vs. bawl
- bare vs. bear
- base vs. basis vs. bass
- bath vs. bathe
- bazaar vs. bizarre
- beach vs. beech
- bereaved vs. bereft
- beside vs. besides
- better vs. bettor
- bi vs. vs. buy vs. by vs. bye
- biennial vs. biannual
- blanch vs. blench
- bloc vs. block
- blonde vs. blond
- blue vs. blew
- boar vs. boor vs. bore
- board vs. bored
- caddie vs. caddy
- callow vs. shallow
- calvary vs. cavalry
- can vs. ken
- canon vs. cannon
- capital vs. capitol
- carat vs. caret vs. karat vs. carrot
- caste vs. cast
- cede vs. seed
- ceiling vs. sealing
- censor vs. censure
- cent vs. scent
- cereal vs. serial
- ceremonial vs. ceremonious
- cession vs. session
- chilly vs. chile vs. chili
- choose vs. chose
- circumvent vs. circumnavigate
- cite vs. site
- classical vs. classic
- cleanness vs. cleanliness
- cleanup vs. clean up
- clench vs. clinch
- click vs. clique
- climactic vs. climatic
- clime vs. climb
- close vs. clothes
- coarse vs. course
- collaborate vs. cooperate
- compact vs. contract
- comparable vs. comparative
- compare to vs. compare with
- complement vs. compliment
- complementary vs. complimentary
- completion vs. completeness
- comportment vs. deportment
- compose vs. comprise
- comprehensive vs. comprehensible
- confidant vs. confident
- congenital vs. congenial
- dam vs. damn
- data vs. datum
- days vs. daze
- dazed vs. dazzled
- deceased vs. diseased
- deduct vs. adduce vs. deduce
- deer vs. dear
- defective vs. deficient
- defendable vs. defensible
- defensive vs. defendable
- definitive vs. definite
- defuse vs. diffuse
- delegate vs. relegate
- demur vs. demure
- depraved vs. deprived
- deprecate vs. depreciate
- depredation vs. deprivation
- desert vs. dessert
- device vs. devise
- diagnosis vs. prognosis
- die vs. dye
- difference vs. deference
- differential vs. deferential
- diner vs. dinner
- disbar vs. debar
- disburse vs. disperse
- disc vs. disk
- discomfit vs. discomfort
- discover vs. invent
- discreet vs. discrete
- discrepancy vs. disparity
- discriminating vs. discriminatory
- diseased vs. deceased
- disinterested vs. uninterested
- disparity vs. discrepancy
- dispel vs. expel
- dissension vs. dissent vs. dissidents
- dissidence vs. dissension
- distinct vs. distinctive
- distrust vs. mistrust
- err vs. heir
- e.g. vs. i.e.
- earn vs. urn
- earthy vs. earthly
- economic vs. economical
- edict vs. addict
- edition vs. addition
- effective vs. effectual vs. efficient
- efficacy vs. efficiency vs. proficiency
- electronic vs. electric vs. electrical
- elemental vs. elementary
- elicit vs. illicit
- emigrate vs. immigrate
- eminent vs. imminent
- enthusiastic vs. enthused
- envelop vs. envelope
- epigram vs. epigraph
- equable vs. equitable
- errant vs. arrant
- etc. vs. et al.
- fallible vs. fallacious
- faint vs. feint
- fair vs. fare
- falseness vs. falsehood
- farther vs. further
- faze vs. phase
- feet vs. feat
- few (fewer) vs. little (less)
- finally vs. finely
- fined vs. find
- madam vs. madame
- madame vs. madam
- made vs. maid
- magical vs. magic
- magnate vs. magnet
- magniloquent vs. grandiloquent
- mail vs. male
- maine vs. main
- maize vs. maze
- malapropism vs. malapropos
- malapropos vs. malapropism vs. maladroit
- malfeasance vs. misfeasance vs. nonfeasance
- malicious vs. malevolent vs. malignant
- mall vs. maul
- maniac vs. maniacal vs. manic
- manor vs. manner
- mantel vs. mantle
- many vs. much
- marital vs. martial
- marshal vs. martial
- masterful vs. masterly
- material vs. materiel
- maxim vs. axiom
- may be vs. maybe
- mayoralty vs. mayoral
- mean vs. mien
- meander vs. maunder
- meanwhile vs. meantime
- medal vs. meddle
- media vs. medium
- mediate vs. arbitrate
- meet vs. meat
- melodious vs. melodic
- memo vs. memento
- memoranda vs. memorandum
- mercenary vs. missionary
- meteor vs. meteorite vs. meteoroid
- militate vs. mitigate
- minimal vs. nominal
- minimum vs. minimal
- minister vs. administer
- misogynist vs. misanthropist
- misogyny vs. misogamy
- missed vs. mist
- mite vs. might
- molten vs. melted
- moment vs. momentum
- momentous vs. momentary
- monkish vs. monastic
- monograph vs. monogram
- perturb vs. disturb
- pair vs. pare vs. pear
- palate vs. palette
- passed vs. past
- patience vs. patients
- peace vs. piece
- peak vs. peek
- pedal vs. peddle
- perpetrate vs. perpetuate
- perquisite vs. prerequisite