Common Confusing Words in English

Confusing Word Meaning

Accept to take

Except to exclude, other than

Access availability

Excess to much of something

Advice recommendation

Advise to recommend

Affect to influence

Effect influence, to accomplish

Coarse rough

Course direction, subject

Complement to complete

Compliment to praise

Faze to daunt

Phase period

Its of it

It’s it is or it has

Lead to direct

Led directed

Lead a kind of metal

Loose slack

Lose to mislay
Passed went by

Past previous time

Peace tranquility

Piece a part

Pore to study

Pour spill

Precede to go before

Proceed to go ahead

Principal chief

Principle rule

Rain precipitation

Rein bridle of a horse, to control

Reign rule

Raise to lift up

Raze to dear down

Sight vision

Site place

Cite to refer to

Stationary still

Stationery paper

Their of them

There in that place

They’re they are

To toward

Too also

Two a number

Weather state of the atmosphere

Whether if

Your of you

You’re you are

Aid to help or assist

Aide A person who helps

Aloud speaking loud

Allowed having permission

Ascent upward movement

Assent to agree to

Board a long sheet of wood

Bored not interested

Born newly coming into life

Borne carried

Brake to stop

Break to smash

By next to

Buy purchase
Bye farewell or good bye