100 Commonly Confused Words Pdf! There are many words in the English language that are often confused with each other. This can be frustrating for both native and non-native speakers of the language. In this article, we will look at some of the most commonly confused words in English and try to clear up any confusion.
One pair of commonly confused words is “they’re” and “their”. These two words are both pronounced the same but have different meanings. “They’re” is a contraction of “they are”, while “their” is a possessive pronoun. For example, you could say “They’re going to the store” or “Their car is parked over there”.
Another common confusion is between the words “you’re” and “your”. Again, these two words are pronounced the same but have different meanings.
100 Commonly Confused Words
1- affect-effect
2-allusion-illusion
3-alternately-alternatively
4-amount-number
5-appraise-apprise
6-assure-ensure-insure
7-beside-besides
8-blond, blonde (adjective)-flounder, founder (verb)
9-break down (phrasal verb)-breakdown (noun)
10-canvass, canvas (verb)-canvas, canvass (noun)
11-cleave-cloven
12-complement-compliment
13-concrete-consensus
14-continuous-discrete
15-council, counsel (noun)-counsel, council (verb)
16-criterion, criteria-phenomenon, phenomena
17-data is plural, the datum is singular-medium is plural, the median is singular
18-decimate-devastate
19-disinterested-uninterested
20- elicit-illicit
21-emigrant, immigrant-emigrate, immigrate
22-equaled, equaling, equals-exceeded, exceeding, exceeds
23-exceptional-exceptive
24-farther, further (adverb)-farther, further (adjective)
25-fewer-less
26-flair- flare
27-gibe, jibe (verb)-gibe, jibe (noun)
28-good, well (adjective)-good, well (adverb)
29-hangar, hanger (noun)-hangar, hanger (verb)
30-imply-infer
31-it’s, its-lead, led
32-loose, lose (verb)-lose, loose (adjective)
33-moral-morale
34-passed, passing-past
35-patience-patients
36-peak, peek, pique (verb)-peak, peek, pique (noun)
37-perspective-prospective
38-plain, plane (adjective)-plain, plane (noun)
39-pour, pore (verb)-pour, pore (noun)
40-practicable-practical
41-precede, procede-premise, premises
42-principle, principal (adjective)-principal, principle (noun)
43-refute, refute-regarding, irrespective of
44-regularly-irregularly
45-role, roll (noun)-role, roll (verb)
46-sheath, sheathe (verb)-sheath, sheathe (noun)
47-stationary, stationery-suite-supersede
48-than, then-that, which
49-their, they’re, there-through, threw
50-tortuous, torturous-travail, travel
51-underway-unwarranted
52-verbiage-verbose
53-viable-visual
54-want, won’t (verb)-want, won’t (noun)
55-weather, whether (verb)-weather, whether (conjunction)
56-whose, who’s-your, you’re
57-adverse-averse
58-affectation-effectuation
59-allude-elude
60-amiable-amicable
61-appraise, apprise (verb)-appraise, apprise (noun)
62-ascribe, subscribe (verb)-ascribe, subscribe (noun)
63-born, borne (verb)-born, borne (adjective)
64-break into (phrasal verb)-break into (verb)
65-canvas, canvass (noun)-canvas, canvass (verb)
66-choose, chose-chose, chosen
67-climactic, climatic-comic, comical
68-concur, concurred-corroborate, corroborated
69-deceive, perceived-defuse, diffuse
70-deprecate, depreciate (verb)-deprecate, depreciate (noun)
71-elicit, illicit (verb)-elicit, illicit (adjective)
72-emigrate, immigrant-immigrate, emigrant
73-exceptional, exceptionable-exceptive, extensive
74-farther, further (adverb)-farther, further (adjective)
75- founder (verb)- founder (noun)
76-grisly, grizzly-hangar, hanger (noun)
77-hanged, hung-imply, infer (verb)
78-in lieu of-it’s, its
79-lead, led-lose, loose (verb)
80-moral, morale-notorious, notoriousness
81-optimal, optimum-passed, passing
82-patience, patients-peak, peek, pique (noun)
83-pore-pour
84-precede, procede-premise, premises
85-principle, principal (noun)-principal, principle (adjective)
86-proscribe, prescription-punctilious, punctual
87-rebuke, refutation-regarding, irrespective of
88- regularity, irregularity-role, roll
89-sheath, sheathe (noun)-sheath, sheathe (verb)
90-stationary, stationery-suite-supercede
91-than, then-that, which
92-their, they’re, there-through, threw
93-tortuousness, torturous-travail, travale
94-underway-unwarranted
95-verbiage, verbose-viable, visual
96-want, wont (noun)-want, wont (verb)
97-weather, whether (conjunction)-weather, whether (verb)
98-whose, who’s-your, you’re
99-adverse, averse (adjective)-affectation, effectuation
100-allude, elude (verb)-amiable, amicable (adjective)
