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Confusing Words!

What are confusing words? The words which provide difficulty to understand the meaning of which are spoken the same but have different meanings. For example, principal/principle, week/weak, by/buy, quite/quiet, allude/elude and coarse/course, etc. You can download the most commonly confused words PDF. This List of Confused words is very important for exams point of view.

Confusing Words daily used

Sr. No.	Confusing words
1	Allowed	Permitted
1	Aloud	Clearly heard
2	Allude	Make indirect reference
2	Elude	Escape from something
3	Ate	The past tense of eat
3	Eight	The number
4	To	In the direction of something
4	Too	Also
5	Coarse	Rough
5	Course	Way or path
6	Quiet	Silent
6	Quite	Really, positively
7	Loose	Free
7	Lose	Misplace
8	Forth	Forward
8	Fourth	The number comes after three
9	Principal	Chief person, Head person
9	Principle	Rule, law
10	Then	At that time
10	Than	Comparison
11	Buy	Purchase
11	By	Preposition
12	Week	Seven days
12	Weak	Feeble
13	Brake	Stopping device
13	Break	Split, smash
14	Here	In this place
14	Hear	Perceive, listening
15	Plane	Flat surface
15	Plain	Simple
16	Further	Abstract idea
16	Farther	Physical distance
17	Stationary	Not moving
17	Stationery	Writing paper etc.
18	Capitol	Building
18	Capital	City, wealth
19	Whether	If, in case
19	Weather	Atmosphere
20	Witch	Sorceress
20	Which	What one

Some important Confusing Words

21	Piece	Part, portion
21	Peace	Absence of war
22	Whom	Object
22	Who	Subject
23	Ensure	Guarantee
23	Insure	Financial liability
24	Emigrate	Leave your own country
24	Immigrate	Come and live in a country
25	House	Is still a house even if no one living inside it
25	Home	Is a place where you live or the location
26	Gone to	You’ve travelled and not returned yet
26	Been to	You’ve travelled and have already returned
27	Good	Adjective
27	Well	Adverb
28	Guarantee	Refers to promise
28	Warranty	Used for products
29	Insight	In-depth
29	Incite	Provoke to action
30	Last	Final
30	Latest	Most recent
31	Morale	State of spirit
31	Moral	Lesson
32	Peak	Top
32	Pique	Provoke, Arouse
33	Poison	If we inhale
33	Venom	Is injected
34	Poor	Have no money
34	Pore	Putting
35	Pray	Asking God
35	Prey	An animal that is hunted
36	Remember	Think of a memory
36	Reminder	Notes, Cell alerts
37	Review	To examine
37	Revise	Correction of errors
38	Sell	Verb
38	Sale	Noun
39	Accident	Bad event
39	Incident	Any event
40	Averse	Describes a situation
40	Adverse	Goes against what you want
41	Advice	Noun
41	Advise	Verb
42	All ready	Everything is ready
42	Already	Happened earlier
43	Altar	Place of religious ceremonies
43	Alter	Change
44	Appraise	To elevate
44	Apprise	To inform or notify
45	Assure	Removing doubts or anxiety
45	Insure	Pay for any damage or loss
46	Confidant	Self-trust
46	Confident	Feel about good outcome
47	Beside	Next to
47	Besides	In addition to
48	Bring up	Parents bring up children
48	Grow up	Children grow up
49	Cloth	Material cotton, wool
49	Clothes	Items that we wear
50	Compliment	Positive comment
50	Complement	Two things that go together

Most Confusing Words List

51	Cloth	Material cotton, wool
51	Clothes	Items that we wear
52	Compliment	Positive comment
52	Complement	Two things that go together
53	Assure	Removing doubts or anxiety
53	Insure	Pay for any damage or loss
54	Confidant	Self-trust
54	Confident	Feel about good outcome
55	Accident	Bad event
55	Incident	Any event
56	Averse	Describes a situation
56	Adverse	Goes against what you want
57	Peak	Top
57	Pique	Provoke, Arouse
58	Poison	If we inhale
58	Venom	Is injected
59	Poor	Have no money
59	Pore	Putting
60	Emigrate	Leave your own country
60	Immigrate	Come and live in a country
61	House	Is still a house even if no one living inside it
61	Home	Is a place where you live or the location
62	Gone to	You’ve traveled and not returned yet
62	Been to	You’ve traveled and have already returned
63	Which	What one
63	Piece	Part, portion
64	Peace	Absence of war
64	Whom	Object
65	Who	Subject
65	Which	What one
66	Guarantee	Refers towards promise
66	Warranty	Used for products
67	Insight	In depth
67	Incite	Provoke to action
68	Remember	Think of a memory
68	Reminder	Notes, Cell alerts
69	Review	To examine
69	Revise	Correction of errors
70	Sell	Verb
70	Sale	Noun
71	Last	Final
71	Latest	Most recent
72	Morale	State of spirit
72	Moral	Lesson
73	Beside	Next to
73	Besides	In addition to
74	Bring up	Parents bring up children
74	Grow up	Children grow up
75	Advice	Noun
75	Advise	Verb

commonly confusing words

76	All ready	Everything is ready
76	Already	Happened earlier
77	Buy	Purchase
77	By	Preposition
79	Week	Seven days
79	Weak	Feeble
80	Here	In this place
80	Hear	Perceive, listening
81	Plane	Flat surface
81	Plain	Simple
82	Stationary	Not moving
82	Stationery	Writing paper etc.
83	Capitol	Building
83	Capital	City, wealth
84	Whether	If, in case
84	Weather	Atmosphere
85	Ensure	Guarantee
85	Insure	Financial liability
86	Good	Adjective
86	Well	Adverb
87	Pray	Asking to God
87	Prey	Animal that is hunted
88	Appraise	To elevate
88	Apprise	To inform or notify
89	Further	Abstract idea
89	Farther	Physical distance
90	Brake	Stopping device
90	Break	Split, smash
91	Quiet	Silent
91	Quite	Really, positively
92	Loose	Free
92	Lose	Misplace
93	Allude	Make indirect reference
93	Elude	Escape from something
94	Ate	The past tense of eat
94	Eight	The number
95	Principal	Chief person, Head person
95	Principle	Rule, law
96	Then	At that time
96	Than	Comparison
97	To	In the direction of something
97	Too	Also
98	Coarse	Rough
98	Course	Way or path
99	Forth	Forward
99	Fourth	The number comes after three

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commonly confused words PDF

Common Confusing Words Pdf

What are easily confused words?

Some words are more confusing in English like;

Alter vs Altar
Born vs Borne
Illegible vs Eligible
cell vs sell

Here is the complete list of important words that are more confusing.

What are the most confusing words in English?

Coarse vs Course
site vs cite
Principal vs Principle
then vs than

All of these are the most confusing words. Some commonly confused words PDF is here.

What is the most confusing word?

The most confusing word in English is a pair To vs Too.

What are confusing words explain with examples?

The words which are pronounced in the same way but their meaning is quite different are confusing words. When we write to them we come to know the difference more clearly.

For Example: Coarse vs Course both of them have a different meaning

Some commonly confused words PDF is here

What are the most commonly misused words?

The most commonly misused word is Principle which is often confused with the principal.

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