This Week's Commonly Confused Words
Confusions arising from similar sounds, spellings, and meanings. Click the words to see their usage notes.
unwanted, unwonted
caries, carries
veracious, vociferous, voracious
lighted, lit
perfect, prefect
comfit, comfort
remediable, remedial
abnormal, subnormal
sauce, source
systematic, systemic
wane, wax
cirrhosis, xerosis
éclat, élan
careen, career
dearth, plethora
liqueur, liquor
obsequies, obsequious
cape, peninsula, promontory
bind, bound
damp, dampen, moist
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