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Commonly Confused Pairs — 100+ Tricky English Words
30 commonly confused English word pairs — affect/effect, their/there/they're, your/you're, lose/loose and many more. Each pair comes with examples, memory tricks and a 5-question quiz.
Lessons
126
Practice tests
111
Worksheets
2
Videos
8
What you will learn
- Stop mixing up 30 of the most commonly confused English word pairs
- Learn memory tricks (mnemonics) for tricky pairs like affect / effect
- Spot confusing food and animal terms (lobster vs crayfish, bunny vs rabbit)
- Eliminate the most common writing mistakes seen at work and in school
Course outline
Top-level modules from the existing category tree, nested into sub-topics. Pick any lesson from any module — there is no fixed order.
Confusing Words
108 lessons · /category/commonly-confused-words/
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Confusing Words — general
108 lessons
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Homographs
15 Q
Homophones
15 Q
Homonyms
5 Q
Accept vs. Except
5 Q
Advice vs. Advise
5 Q
Advisor vs. Adviser
5 Q
Affect vs. Effect
5 Q
Affected vs. Effected
5 Q
Affective vs. Effective
5 Q
Aid vs. Aide
5 Q
All Together vs. Altogether
5 Q
Alright vs. All Right
5 Q
Alum vs. Alumni
5 Q
Alumnus vs. Alumni
15 Q
Among vs. Amongst
5 Q
Anymore vs. Any More
5 Q
Bare with Me or Bear with Me
5 Q
Between vs. Among
15 Q
Busses vs. Buses
5 Q
Capital vs. Capitol
5 Q
Carmel vs. Caramel
5 Q
Chose vs. Choose
5 Q
Compliment vs. Complement
5 Q
Continual vs. Continuous
5 Q
Continually vs. Continuously
5 Q
Council vs. Counsel
5 Q
Cringy or Cringey
5 Q
Criteria vs. Criterion
5 Q
Desert vs. Dessert
5 Q
Discreet vs. Discrete
5 Q
Disinformation vs. Misinformation
5 Q
Drier vs. Dryer
5 Q
E-mail vs. Email
5 Q
Either or vs. Neither nor
5 Q
Emigrate vs. Immigrate
5 Q
Ensure vs. Assure
5 Q
Equity vs. Equality
5 Q
Ethics vs. Morals
5 Q
Fair vs. Fare
5 Q
Family's vs. Families
5 Q
Fiancée or Fiancé
5 Q
Fiddle vs. Violin
5 Q
Fight vs. Flight
5 Q
Flesh Out vs. Flush Out
5 Q
Follow-up vs. Follow Up
5 Q
Former vs. Latter
5 Q
Freeway vs. Highway
5 Q
Further vs. Farther
5 Q
Gage vs. Gauge
5 Q
Homographs
5 Q
Hoping vs. Hopping
5 Q
Hurricane vs. Typhoon
5 Q
Implicit vs. Explicit
5 Q
Inquire vs. Enquire
5 Q
Insure vs. Ensure vs. Assure
5 Q
Lake vs. Pond
5 Q
Landscape vs. Portrait
5 Q
Lay vs. Laid
5 Q
Led vs. Lead
5 Q
Lets vs. Let's
5 Q
Lite vs. Light
5 Q
Login or Log in
5 Q
Lose vs. Loose
5 Q
Losing or Loosing
5 Q
Low Fade vs. High Fade
5 Q
Mangoes or Mangos
5 Q
Migrant vs. Immigrant
5 Q
Miss vs. Ms. vs. Mrs.
5 Q
Motel vs. Hotel
5 Q
Mrs. or Ms.
5 Q
Octopi or Octopuses
5 Q
OK or Okay
5 Q
Past vs. Passed
5 Q
Patient vs. Patience
5 Q
Payed vs. Paid
5 Q
Peek vs. Peak
5 Q
Port and Starboard
5 Q
Preform or Perform
5 Q
Presume vs. Assume
5 Q
Principal vs. Principle
5 Q
Quite vs. Quiet
5 Q
Recurring vs. Reoccurring
5 Q
Sale vs. Sell
5 Q
Sea vs. Ocean
5 Q
Signup or Sign up
5 Q
Skillset or Skill Set
5 Q
Smelled or Smelt
5 Q
Smoky or Smokey
5 Q
Snarky
5 Q
Some Time or Sometime
5 Q
Stationary vs. Stationery
5 Q
Subjective vs. Objective
5 Q
Systemic vs. Systematic
5 Q
Take Effect vs. Take Affect
5 Q
Their vs. There
5 Q
Then vs. Than
5 Q
Thru vs. Through
5 Q
Till vs. Til
5 Q
Timeframe vs. Time Frame
5 Q
Tone vs. Mood
5 Q
Town vs. City
5 Q
Tuxedo vs. Suit
5 Q
Utmost vs. Upmost
5 Q
Weather vs. Whether
5 Q
Enigma
5 Q
Flyer or Flier
5 Q
Where vs. Were
5 Q
Woman vs. Women
5 Q
Confusing Food Terms
11 lessons · /category/confusing-food-terms/
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Confusing Food Terms — general
11 lessons
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Food Adjectives
15 Q
Fruit vs. Vegetable
5 Q
Lime vs. Lemon
5 Q
Margarine vs. Butter
5 Q
Pilsner vs. Lager
5 Q
Plantain vs. Banana
5 Q
Quinoa vs. Rice
5 Q
Rambutan vs. Lychee
5 Q
Supper vs. Dinner
5 Q
Whisky vs. Whiskey
5 Q
Zucchini vs. Cucumber
5 Q
Confusing Animal Terms
7 lessons · /category/confusing-animal-terms/
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Confusing Animal Terms — general
7 lessons
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Elk vs. Deer
5 Q
Fox vs. Coyote
5 Q
Lamb vs. Sheep
5 Q
Toad vs. Frog
5 Q
Tortoise vs. Turtle
5 Q
Wallaby vs. Kangaroo
5 Q
Wyvern vs. Dragon
5 Q
Quick quiz
A 5-question quiz from any lesson in this course. Pass at 60%+ to earn up to 5 XP and mark the lesson complete.
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Video lessons
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Playlist
8 videos