This Week's Commonly Confused Words
Confusions arising from similar sounds, spellings, and meanings. Click the words to see their usage notes.
décolletage, décolleté, dishabille
dissertation, thesis
hoarse, horse
guessed, guest
roil, royal
scene, seen
barbarism, barbarity
comparable, comparative
earthly, earthy
lightening, lightning
redouble, reduplicate
analogous, analogical
bridal, bridle
plain, plan, plane
wave, waive
long, longe, lounge, lunge
Guadalupe (River), Guadeloupe
lead, led
sextant, sextet, sexton
artistic, autistic
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