25 Confused Words, Definition and Examples
| Word | Meaning |
| Accept | Receive |
| Affect | Influence |
| Allowed | Permitted |
| Allude | Make indirect reference |
| Ate | Past tense of eat |
| Break | Smash, split |
| By | Preposition |
| Capital | City, wealth |
| Coarse | Rough |
| Ensure | Guarantee |
| Farther | Physical distance |
| For | Preposition |
| Forth | Forward |
| Hear | Perceive |
| Loose | Free |
| Peace | Absence of war |
| Plain | Simple |
| Principle | Rule |
| Quiet | Silent |
| Than | comparison |
| To | In the direction of |
| Weak | Feeble |
| Weather | Atmospheric conditions |
| which | what one |
| Who | subject |
| Word | Meaning |
| Except | Leave out |
| Effect | Result |
| Aloud | Clearly heard |
| Elude | Escape from something |
| Eight | The number |
| Brake | Stopping device |
| Buy | Purchase |
| Capitol | Building |
| Course | Way or path |
| Insure | Financial liability |
| Further | Abstract idea |
| Four | The number |
| Fourth | Comes after third |
| Here | In this place |
| Lose | Misplace |
| Piece | Part, portion |
| Plane | Flat surface |
| Principal | Chief person |
| Quite | Really, positively |
| Then | At that time |
| Too | Also |
| Week | Seven days |
| Whether | If, in case |
| witch | sorceress |
| Whom | object |
