Word List of Commonly Confused Words at Dictionary.com

This Week's Commonly Confused Words

Confusions arising from similar sounds, spellings, and meanings. Click the words to see their usage notes.

discomfit, discomfort

aboard, abort, abroad

re-serve, reserve

mnemonic, pneumonic

troop, troupe

while, wile

adjoin, adjourn

mythical, mythological

exercise, exorcise

amount, number

celery, salary

can't, cant, Kant

jejune, juvenile

be, bee

fever, temperature

boundary, limit, parameter, variable

card shark, cardsharp

foggy, fogy

abbreviation, acronym

altitude, attitude

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