HandyFact - Frequently Confused Words

Frequently Confused Words

accept (to receive) - except (leave out)

access (right to use) - excess (surplus)

affect (to influence) - effect (result)

allude (refer to) - elude (escape)

capital (city, property) - capitol (building)

chord (music) - cord (string)

click (sound) - clique (group)

coarse (rough) - course (route)

complement (helps to complete) - compliment (praise)

corespondent (legal) - correspondent (writer)

council (assembly) - counsel (advice)

desert (arid land, abandon) - dessert (last course)

dual (double) - duel (fight)

emigration (leaving) - immigration (entering)

fair (just) - fare (fee)

foreword (preface) - forward (ahead)

its (belonging to) - it's (it is)

personal (private) - personnel (people)

precede (go before) - proceed (go on)

principal (main, school official) - principle (rule)

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