Category: Commonly Confused Words

Worse vs Worst! Many writers find homophones confusing, and this isn’t a surprise: it is easy to get lost when there are words that sound exactly the same but …

Desert vs Dessert! A single letter can make a very big difference, and this is exactly the case with Desert vs Dessert. With only a single s added to the …

SDHC vs SDXC! Do you know what the difference between SDHC vs SDXC memory cards is? Would you be able, when needed, to choose the best memory card out …

Mean vs Average! In mathematics or statistics, you are very likely to come across two terms, average and mean. They are often used interchangeably, and many people aren’t sure …

May vs Might! Modal verbs, in general, can cause a lot of confusion. When it comes to choosing between two specific verbs, such as May vs Might, things get …

UPS vs USPS! Sometimes it’s not the words or phrases themselves that are commonly confused but their acronyms. Even a single different or additional letter can make a huge …

Inquire vs Enquire! Among the list of commonly confused words, there are some pairs of words that can be used interchangeably because they mean pretty much the same thing. …

Trust vs Mistrust! In the English language, the fact that two words have the same root doesn’t necessarily mean that they have similar meanings. A prefix can change the …

Disc vs Disk! When you want to buy your favorite band’s new album, will you be looking for a compact disk or a compact disc in the stores? What …

Gage vs Gauge! Sometimes two words can be spelled so similarly that it seems that they must have at least some similarities in meaning, yet in reality, they are …

JPG vs JPEG! If you ever worked with digital images, even if that only included downloading a few pictures from the Internet, you must have seen that there exist …

Council vs Counsel! If there’s one thing that the English language has plenty of, it’s confusing words. Some look exactly the same but are pronounced differently, some sound the …