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| 13940465966 | worse vs. worst | worse: of poorer quality or lower standard; less good or desirable. worst: the most serious or unpleasant thing that could happen. They are often confused because of the similar spelling and meaning. I can tell the difference because of the spelling. The Bulls are worse than the Celtics The Knicks are the worst team in the NBA. | 0 | |
| 13940580469 | exaggerate vs. overexaggerate | exaggerate: represent (something) as being larger, better, or worse than it really is. overexaggerate: not a word They are confused because overexaggerate is used to exaggerate the word "exaggerate" I know the difference because overexaggerate isn't a word He exaggerated the magnitude of the tornado. The difficulty of job was overexaggerated. | 1 | |
| 13940669562 | collage vs. college | collage: a combination or collection of various things. college: an educational institution or establishment, in particular one providing higher education or specialized professional or vocational training. They are often confused because of the spelling I use the pronunciation to distinguish the two. | 2 | |
| 13940711690 | orient vs. orientate | orient- to figure things out. orientate- not a word They have similar meanings and people think the verb of orientation is orientate. orient may sound wrong but it's right. orient is also the prefix of orientation so it's right, orientate is not a prefix. She had to orient new team members. | 3 | |
| 13940724404 | evoke vs. invoke | Evoke: bring to the conscious mind Invoke: to call upon something for help, possibly a higher power They are confused because of the "voke" suffix I use the spelling to tell the difference. "the sight of American asters evokes pleasant memories of childhood" the antiquated defense of insanity is rarely invoked today" | 4 | |
| 13940789017 | bawl vs. ball | bawl: shout or call out noisily and unrestrainedly. ball: a solid or hollow spherical or egg-shaped object that is kicked, thrown, or hit in a game. They are confused because they are pronounced the same I use the spelling to tell the difference. The baby was bawling. I threw a baseball at the window | 5 | |
| 13940925230 | in to vs into | into- to be literally inside of. in to- to means towards similar meaning and spelling into is together so it's when two things are inside each other. She got in to that college. She put the nail into the wood | 6 | |
| 13940942358 | pare vs pair | pare: trim (something) by cutting away its outer edges pair: a set of two things used together or regarded as a unit. They are pronounced the same which causes them to be confused I use the spelling to tell the difference. "a pair of gloves" "Carlo pared his thumbnails with his knife" | 7 | |
| 13941007085 | freshman vs. freshmen vs. freshman's vs. freshmen's | freshman: a first-year student at a university, college, or high school. freshmen: multiple first year students freshmen's: of or belonging to multiple first year students freshman's:of or belonging to a singular first year student They have similar meanings and the same basis I use the different spelling to tell the difference "A freshman got beat up" "we invited the freshmen" "the freshman's phone got stolen" "The freshmen's class was out of pocket." | 8 | |
| 13941263098 | countries vs. country's vs. countries' | countries- many nations. country's- belonging to one nation. countries'- belonging to many nations similar spelling, meaning, and pronunciation. countries is the plural of country so if you add an 's it's belonging to many countries There are many countries in Europe. The country's army was well trained. The countries' battles against Germany during WWII were well thought out. | 9 |
