There are many words in the English that are easily confused because they have a similar spelling or a related, but different, meaning. Let’s look at some Confusing Words.
Technical Terms / Devices:
| Word | Meaning | Word | Meaning |
| Accept | Agree | Except | Other than |
| Adverse | Unfavorable | Averse | Against |
| Advice | Counsel | Advise | Recommend |
| Affect | Influence | Effect | Outcome |
| Allowed | Permit | Aloud | Audibly |
| Allude | Suggest | Elude | Avoid |
| Ate | Past tense of eat | Eight | 8 number |
| Berth | A ship’s allotted place at a dock | Birth | Give birth to |
| Born | Existing as a result of birth | Borne | Carried |
| Break | Crack | Brake | Slow down |
| By | Preposition | Buy | Purchase |
| Coarse | Rough | Course | A direction |
| Complement | To add to so as to improve | Compliment | To praise |
| Cue | A signal for action | Queue | A line of people |
| Desert | A waterless | Dessert | The sweet course of a meal |
| Dual | Having two parts | Duel | A fight or contest between two people |
| Ensure | To guarantee | Insure | To safeguard against loss or damage (by buying insurance) |
| Forth | Outside | Fourth | Number 4 |
| Farther | A long way | Further | Ahead |
| Hear | Catch | Here | To this place |
| Loath | Unwilling | Loathe | To hate |
| Loose | Free | Lose | Misplace |
| Meter | A measuring device | Metre | A metric unit |
| Peace | Calm | Piece | Slice |
| Plain | Simple | Plane | Flat |
| Principle | Concept | Principal | Main |
| Quiet | Silent | Quite | Completely |
| Stationary | Not moving | Stationery | Writing materials |
| Storey | A level of a building | Story | A tale |
| Than | Comparison | Then | At that time |
| Their | Belonging to | There | That place |
| To | In the direction of | Too | As well |
| Vain | Self loving | Vein | A tube that carries blood |
| Weak | Fragile | Week | A period of seven days |
| Waive | Reject | Wave | Motion |
| Weather | Atmospheric conditions | Whether | Choice between alternatives |