This Week's Commonly Confused Words
Confusions arising from similar sounds, spellings, and meanings. Click the words to see their usage notes.
grammar, grandma, grandmother
letter, lighter, liter, litter
viola, voilà
amity, enmity
bus, buss
magisterial, magistrate, majestic
thong, tong, tongue
compendious, voluminous
accident, Occident
habitant, habitat
apatite, appetite
mail, male
legitimate, legitimize
retch, winch, wrench, wretch
flew, flu, flown, flue, fly
valance, valence
double bind, double-blind
amenable, amendable, emendable
wail, whale
acerbic, acid, acrid
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