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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
117
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/ Browse category
Confusing Words — general 108 lessons Browse
Homographs 15 Q
Homophones 15 Q
Homonyms 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 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 15 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/ Browse category
Confusing Food Terms — general 11 lessons Browse
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/ Browse category
Confusing Animal Terms — general 7 lessons Browse
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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