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A accept and except adoptive and adopted advice and advise adverse and averse affect and effect aid and aide a lot, allot and alot allowed and aloud allude and elude allusion and illusion already and all ready alright or all right altar and alter altogether and all together among and amongst amoral and immoral amount, quantity and number appraise and apprise B bare and bear being or been beside and besides block and bloc brake and break breathe and breath C capital and capitol can and may canvas and canvass censor, censure and sensor cite, sight and site climactic and climatic coarse and course complement and compliment compose and comprise (comprise of and 'is comprised of') confident, confidant and confidante coral and corral council and counsel curb and kerb D dependant and dependent decent, descent and dissent defuse and diffuse definite and definitive desert and dessert discreet and discrete disinterested and uninterested dived and dove E economic and economical effect and affect e.g. and i.e. elicit and illicit elude and allude envelop and envelope empathy and sympathy enquiry and inquiry except and accept F fewer or less forego/forgo, forewent/forwent, foregone/forgone fourth and forth further and farther G getaway and get away gray and grey grisly and grizzly H hangar and hanger hanged and hung historic and historical I i.e. and e.g. if or whether illicit and elicit illusion and allusion immoral and amoral impending and pending imply and infer incidence and incidents incite and insight inquiry and enquiry instance and instants into, onto and up to its and it's J Kkerb and curb L law and lore lay and lie lead and led learned and learnt let and let's less and fewer licence and license loath and loathe loose and lose M marinade and marinate material and materiel may and can may and might may be and maybe moral and morale mute and moot N no-one and no one notable and noticeable number, amount and quantity O onto, into and up to P past and passed plain and plane pendant and pendent pending and impending personal and personnel pore, pour and poor practice and practise precedence and precedent pray and prey principal and principle precede and proceed program and programme prophecy and prophesy proscribe and prescribe provided and providing Q quantity, amount and number R raise, rise and raze role and roll S shall and will site, cite and sight spelled and spelt spilled and spilt stationary and stationery sensor, censor and censure story and storey sympathy and empathy T that, which and who their, there and they're then and than too or to U up to, into and onto uninterested and disinterested V vain, vein and vane W waist and waste weather, whether and wether whether or if which, who and that while or whilst who or whom who's and whose will and shall X Y you're and your Z COMMONLY CONFUSED WORDS Words that sound alike or look alike (moral/morale) often confuse students, especially those using spell checkers. This lengthy list of commonly confused words with simple definitions will help you decide which spelling fits your sentence.
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