Confusing Words

[pegkerr]

From refdesk.com, their choice for site of the day: confusingwords.com:

Confusing Words is a collection of 3210 words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.

Some of these words are homonyms (words that sound alike but are spelled differently) and some are just commonly confused.

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Comments

[psychic-serpent.livejournal.com]

I just wish people wouldn't MAKE UP words, such as mis-CHEE-vee-uss. A radio announcer just said this. How the heck do you make a living speaking on the radio when you think that's a word? "Mischievous" is pronounced MISS-chi-vuss. Three syllables. One "i". Argh.