Choosing the Correct Word: Clearing Up Common Confusions (B-E)

It's easy to confuse words that are similar in sound, spelling, or meaning. But with a bit of review it's also easy to clear up such confusions. Visit our newly expanded Index of Commonly Confused Words.

B

• Baited & Bated


• Beside & Besides


• Breath & Breathe

C

• Capital & Capitol


• Choose, Chose, & Chosen


• Cite & Site


• Clothes & Cloths


• Complement & Compliment


• Conscience & Conscious


• Continual & Continuous

D

• Days & Daze


• Desert & Dessert


• Device & Devise


• Discreet and Discrete


• Disinterested & Uninterested

E

• Envelop & Envelope


• Every Day & Everyday


• Explicit & Implicit

Index of Commonly Confused Words

• Commonly Confused Words: A
• Commonly Confused Words: F-K
• Commonly Confused Words: L-O
• Commonly Confused Words: P-S
• Commonly Confused Words: T-Z