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| accept and except | |
| adoptive and adopted | |
| advice and advise |  |
| adverse and averse | |
| affect and effect | |
| aid and aide | |
| airplane and aeroplane | |
| a lot, allot, and alot | |
| aisle, isle, and I'll | |
| allowed and aloud | |
| allude and elude | |
| allusion and illusion | |
| already and all ready | |
| alright or all right | |
| altar and alter | |
| alternate and alternative | |
| altogether and all together | |
| among and amongst | |
| among and between | |
| amoral and immoral | |
| amount, quantity, and number | |
| angel and angle | |
| any one and anyone | |
| any thing and anything | |
| a part and apart | |
| appraise and apprise | |
| are and our | |
| assistance and assistants | |
| assure, ensure, and insure | |
| avenge and revenge | |
| awe, or, oar, and ore | |
B |
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| bare and bear | |
| balk, baulk, and bulk | |
| ball and bawl | |
| bazaar and bizarre | |
| being or been | |
| beside and besides | |
| between and among | |
| block and bloc | |
| blond and blonde | |
| borrow and lend | |
| bought and brought | |
| brake and break | |
| breathe and breath | |
C |
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| capital and Capitol | |
| can and may | |
| can not and cannot | |
| canvas and canvass | |
| censor, censure, and sensor | |
| center on and center around | |
| chilly, chili, and chile | |
| choose and choice | |
| chord or cord | |
| cite, sight, and site | |
| climactic and climatic | |
| coarse and course | |
| collectable or collectible | |
| complement and compliment | |
| compose and comprise (comprise of and 'is comprised of') | |
| confident, confidant, and confidante | |
| coral and corral | |
| council and counsel | |
| cow's milk or cows' milk | |
| currant and current | |
| curb and kerb | |
D |
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| dependant and dependent | |
| decent, descent, and dissent | |
| defuse and diffuse | |
| definite and definitive | |
| desert and dessert | |
| discreet and discrete | |
| disloyal and unloyal | |
| disinterested and uninterested | |
| dived and dove | |
| drank and drunk | |
| dual and duel | |
E |
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| economic and economical | |
| effect and affect | |
| e.g. and i.e. | |
| elicit and illicit | |
| elude and allude | |
| envelop and envelope | |
| empathy and sympathy | |
| emigrate and immigrate | |
| enquiry and inquiry | |
| ensure, assure, and insure | |
| envy and jealousy | |
| every one and everyone | |
| every day and everyday | |
| except and accept | |
| explicit and implicit | |
F |
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| feel or touch | |
| fewer or less | |
| fish or fishes | |
| flair and flare | |
| flier and flyer | |
| foul and fowl | |
| forego/forgo, forewent/forwent, foregone/forgone | |
| fourth and forth | |
| further and farther | |
G |
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| getaway and get away | |
| good and well | |
| gotten or got | |
| gray and grey | |
| grisly and grizzly | |
H |
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| hangar and hanger | |
| hanged and hung | |
| he'll, heel, and heal | |
| hear and listen | |
| heroine and heroin | |
| historic and historical | |
| high and tall | |
I |
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| i.e. and e.g. | |
| idol, idle, and idyll | |
| if or whether | |
| ill and sick | |
| illicit and elicit | |
| illusion and allusion | |
| immigrate and emigrate | |
| immoral and amoral | |
| impatient and patient | |
| impending and pending | |
| imply and infer | |
| incidence and incidents | |
| incite and insight | |
| inquiry and enquiry | |
| instance and instants | |
| insure, assure, and ensure | |
| into, onto, and up to | |
| its and it's | |
J |
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| jealousy and envy | |
| jewelry and jewellery | |
K |
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| kerb and curb | |
L |
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| law and lore | |
| lay and lie | |
| lead and led | |
| learned and learnt | |
| lend and borrow | |
| let and let's | |
| less and fewer | |
| licence and license | |
| lightening or lightning | |
| loath and loathe | |
| look, see, and watch | |
| loose and lose | |
M |
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| makeup, make-up, or make up | |
| male and mail | |
| many and much | |
| mantel or mantle | |
| marinade and marinate | |
| material and materiel | |
| may and can | |
| may and might | |
| may be and maybe | |
| me and myself | |
| misspelled and misspelt | |
| moral and morale | |
| Ms, Miss, and Mrs | |
| mucous mucus | |
| mute and moot | |
N |
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| no-one and no one | |
| notable and noticeable | |
| number, amount, and quantity | |
O |
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| oar, or, ore, and awe | |
| obligated or obliged | |
| off and of | |
| ordinance or ordnance | |
| onto, into, and up to | |
P |
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| past and passed | |
| palate, palette, and pallet | |
| patients and patience | |
| peak, peek, and pique | |
| plain and plane | |
| pleaded or pled | |
| pedal and peddle | |
| pendant and pendent | |
| peace and piece | |
| pending and impending | |
| personal and personnel | |
| poisonous or venomous | |
| pore, pour, and poor | |
| practice and practise | |
| precedence and precedent | |
| pray and prey | |
| principal and principle | |
| precede and proceed | |
| premise and premises | |
| program and programme | |
| prophecy and prophesy | |
| proscribe and prescribe | |
| provided and providing | |
Q |
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| qualitative and quantitative | |
| quantity, amount, and number | |
| quicker and more quickly | |
| quiet and quite | |
R |
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| raise, rise, and raze | |
| rain, rein, and reign | |
| rational and rationale | |
| regard or regards | |
| remember or remind | |
| revenge and avenge | |
| role and roll | |
S |
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| saw, soar, and sore | |
| see, look, and watch | |
| shall and will | |
| site, cite, and sight | |
| spelled and spelt | |
| spilled and spilt | |
| spoiled and spoilt | |
| stationary and stationery | |
| sensor, censor, and censure | |
| story and storey | |
| sympathy and empathy | |
T |
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| teach and learn | |
| tenant and tenet | |
| that, which, and who | |
| the and thee | |
| their, there, and they're | |
| then and than | |
| tic or tick | |
| too or to | |
| tortuous or torturous | |
| touch and feel | |
| toward or towards | |
| try and or try to | |
U |
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| up to, into, and onto | |
| uninterested and disinterested | |
| unloyal and disloyal | |
| upmost and utmost | |
V |
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| vain, vein, and vane | |
| vie or vye | |
| venomous or poisonous | |
W |
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| waist and waste | |
| wait and weight | |
| watch, look, and see | |
| ware, wear, were, we're, and where | |
| weather, whether, and wether | |
| weaved, wove, and woven | |
| well and good | |
| whoever and whomever | |
| whether or if | |
| which, who, and that | |
| which and witch | |
| while or whilst | |
| who or whom | |
| who's and whose | |
| will and shall | |
| with regard to or with regards to | |
X |
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Y |
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| you're and your | |
Z |
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