Post Basic Confused Words

a / an / one

able / capable

accident / incident

accurate / exact / precise

ache / pain / hurt

actual / current / present

administrator / boss / manager

adverse / averse

advice / advise

affect / effect

afraid / scared / frightened

after / later

agenda / itinerary / schedule

ago / back / before

aid / assist / help

aim / goal / objective

alien / foreigner / stranger

alive / life / live

already / yet

all / whole / every

all of / each of

all ready / already / all right / alright

allow / let / permit

allude / elude

almost / mostly / nearly

alone / lonely / only

also / as well / too

altar / alter

although / though / even though

among / between

amoral / immoral

amount / number / quantity

ancient / antique

angry / upset

another / other / others

answer / reply / respond

any / some

apartment / flat / studio

apologize / sorry

apology / excuse

appraise / apprise

arrive / come / get / reach

as far as / as long as / as soon as

assure / ensure / insure

automobile / car / vehicle

await / hope / expect / wait

award / reward / prize

awkward / embarrassing

baggage / luggage

beach / coast / shore

beautiful / pretty

become / get / turn

been / gone

before / in front of / opposite / across from

beg / plead

begin / start

belong to / belong with / belong in

below / under / beneath / underneath

beside / besides

big / large

big, small, long, short, tall, huge, and tiny

bill / invoice / receipt

blanket / comforter / quilt

borrow / lend / loan / owe

bother / disturb

bravery / courage

bring / take

bring up / grow up

Britain / England / the U.K.

broad / wide

by / until

can / could / able to

capital / capitol

carpet / mat / rug

ceiling / roof

chance / possibility / opportunity

change / switch

chauffeur / driver

city / downtown / town

classic / classical

clever / intelligent / smart

close / near / next

close / shut

cloth / clothes / clothing

collect / gather

come back / go back / get back

compliment / complement

concern / concerned / concerning

confident / confidant / confidence

continual / continuous

convince / persuade

could / should / would

council / counsel

critic / critical / criticism / critique

cure / treat / heal / recover

custom / habit

deadly / fatal / lethal

decent / descent / dissent

delay / late / postpone

deny / refuse / reject / decline

defect / fault / flaw

definitely / definitively

despite / in spite of

die / died / dead

difficult / hard

dilemma / quandary

dinner / supper / meal / snack

dirt / earth / soil

dirty / messy

disability / handicap / impairment

discover / find out / notice / realize

discreet / discrete

disease / illness

disinterested / uninterested

distinct / distinctive

do / make

dress / dressed / wear

during / while / meanwhile / meantime

early / soon

earn / gain / win

e.g. / i.e.

economic / economical

effective / efficient

either / neither

electric / electrical / electronic

empathy / sympathy

employees / staff

end / finish

enough / too

enquire / inquire

especially / specially

every day / everyday

ex- / former / previous

explore / exploit

extend / expand

famous / infamous

farther / further

fee / fare / tax

female / feminine / woman

few / little / less / fewer

fit / match / suit

floor / ground

for / since

forest / jungle / wood / woods

fun / funny

girl / lady / woman

good / well

good evening / good night

gratuity / tip

guarantee / warranty

gut / guts

hard / hardly

have / have got

have to / must / need to

haven’t / don’t have

hear / listen

hijack / kidnap

historic / historical

holiday / vacation

hope / wish

hopefully / thankfully

hostel / hotel / motel

house / home

how about…? / what about…?

human / humankind / human being / man / mankind

hundred / hundreds

I / my / me / mine / myself ?

if I was… / if I were…

if / whether

ignore / neglect

ill / sick

impending / pending

imply / infer

in / into / inside / within

in / on / at

in time / on time

incite / insight

income / salary / wage

Indian / indigenous / Native American

inhabit / live / reside

intend / tend

interested / interesting

interfere / intervene

its / it’s

job / work / career

just / only

kinds / types / sorts

know / meet

last / latest

last / past

late / lately

lay / lie

like / as

little / small

look / see / watch

lose / loose

lose / miss

made of / made from

marriage / married / wedding

may / might

moral / morale

Mr. / Mrs. / Ms. / Miss

music / song

nausea / nauseous / queasy

north / northern

notable / noticeable

ocean / sea / lake / pond

of / from

oppress / suppress / repress

overtake / take over

pass away / pass out

pass the time / spend time

peak / pique

persons / peoples

poison / venom

politics / policy

poor / pore / pour

pray / prey

principal / principle

problem / trouble

quiet / silent

raise / rise / arise

regard / regardless / regards

regretful / regrettable

relation / relationship

remember / remind / recall / recollect

replace / substitute

resolve / solve

review / revise

rob / thief / steal

safety / security

sell / sale

say / tell / speak

scream / shout

sensible / sensitive

shade / shadow

so / such

so / very / a lot

some time / sometime / sometimes

stuff / things

such as / as such

suppose / supposed to

than / then

think about / think of

tide / waves

till / until

to / for

too / very

travel / trip / journey

used to / be used to

wake / awake / sleep / asleep

wander / wonder

wary / weary

what / which

which / that

who / whom

will / would

worse / worst

year-old / years old