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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
amoral and immoral
amount, quantity and number
appraise and apprise

B

bare and bear
being or been
beside and besides
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
council and counsel

D

dependant and dependent
decent, descent and dissent
defuse and diffuse
definite and definitive
desert and dessert
discreet and discrete
disinterested and uninterested

E

economic and economical
effect and affect
e.g. and i.e.
elicit and illicit
elude and allude
envelop and envelope
enquiry and inquiry
except and accept

F

fewer or less
fourth and forth

G

getaway and get away
grisly and grizzly

H

historic and historical

I

i.e. and e.g.
if or whether
illicit and elicit
illusion and allusion
immoral and amoral
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

K

L

law and lore
lay and lie
lead and led
less and fewer
licence and license
loath and loathe
loose and lose

M

may and can
may be and maybe

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
pore, pour and poor
practice and practise
precedence and precedent
principal and principle
precede and proceed
prophecy and prophesy
proscribe and prescribe
provided and providing

Q

quantity, amount and number

R

raise, rise and raze
role and roll

S

site, cite and sight
stationary and stationery
sensor, censor and censure
story and storey

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
who or whom
who's and whose

X

Y

you're and your

Z

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