Words Commonly Confused

Words Commonly Confused
accept, except
brake, break
desert, dessert
its, it's
presence, presents
vain, vane, vein
advice, advise
breathe, breath, breadth
device, devise
knew, new, know, no
principal, principle

affect, effect
by, bye, buy
faint, feint
later, latter
precede, proceed
vociferous, voracious
allot, a lot
can, may
farther, further
lead, led
quiet, quit, quite

all ready, already
canvas, canvass

lay, lie
rain, reign, rein
waist, waste

capital, capitol
fewer, less
leave, let
raise, rise
weak, weak
all together, altogether
cite, site, sight
formerly, formally
loose, lose
sea, see

allusion, illusion
clothes, cloths
forth, fourth
notable, noticeable
sit, set
wear, were, where
altar, alter
coarse, course
good, well
object, subject
stationary, stationery
weather, whether, rather
among, between
compare, contrast
hear, here
passed, past
statue, stature, statute
whose, who's
are, hour, our
compare to, compare with
hole, whole


your, you're
award, reward
complement, compliment
imply, infer
peace, piece
than, then

compare to, compare with
consul, council, counsel
incidence, incidents
plain, plane
their, there, they're

bad, badly
decent, descent, dissent
incite, insight
pore, pour
threw, through

beside, besides
delusion, illusion, allusion
instance, instants
precedence, precedent
to, too, two