| Confusing and/or Sound-Alike Words |
accede: stick to agreement
exceed: surpass | accept: receive
except: exclude | adapt: adjust
adept: proficient |
adverse: opposed
averse: not interested | affect: change, influence
effect: (v) to bring about (n) result, impression | all right: all right
alright: outdated usage |
allude: refer to indirectly
elude: avoid | allusion: insinuation
illusion: apparition | already: previously
all ready: everything prepared |
altar: place of worship
alter: to change | appraise: value
apprise: inform, notify | assistants: helpers
assistance: help |
capital:seat of government; money
capitol: building where legislative body meets | cease: stop
seize: apprehend | cite: speak of
sight: vision
site: location |
complement: collection
compliment: praise | continual: happens frequently in time: close succession
continuous: uninterrupted | council: praise
consul: ambassador
console: comfort
counsel: advice |
descent: decline
dissent: disagree | disapprove: condemn
disprove: discredit | elicit: extract
illicit: illegal |
eligible: qualified
illegible: indecipherable | emigration: moving from a country
immigration: moving to a country | eminent: outstanding, revered
imminent: threatening to happen soon |
farther: forward
further: additionally | floe: large sheet of floating ice
flow: move, run freely, circulate | formally: in a dignified way
formerly: previously |
imply: speaker implies (suggests)
infer: hearer infers (perceives) | incidence: occurrence
incidents: situations | lay: to set down, to place or put an item down
lie: to recline |
passed: go by
past: earlier | principal: first in authority; main participant; amount of a debt less interest
principle: basic truth or assumption | pray: to ask for by prayer or supplication
prey: animal hunted or caught for food; victim |
residence: dwelling
residents: occupants | right: correct
rite: ceremony
wright: worker
write: compose | their: posessive form of “them”
they're: they are
there: at that place |
stationary: not moving: fixed
stationery: writing material: letterhead, envelopes, etc. | suit: a set of clothes; legal action
suite: number of items making up a set, series, or sequence | waiver: the giving up of a claim
waver: to hesitate; also tremble or quaver |
through: by way of
threw: tossed | whose: of or relating to whom
who's: who is | your: of or relating to you
you're: you are |
