Confusing Words in English

Confusing words in English can result in you making mistakes that make your grammar sound poor.

Here you can find lists of some of the most common words that are confused, plus explanations and examples to help you understand how to use them. 

Confusing Words

• Accept or Except
• Affect or Effect
• Alot or A Lot
• Anyway or Anyways
• Assure or Ensure
• Backward or Backwards
• Be/Get Used To
• Bought or Brought
• Complement or Compliment
• Drank or Drunk
• Either and Neither
• Emigrate or Immigrate
• Feel and Felt
• Fit and Fitted
• Hanged or Hung
• Infer or Imply
• Its or It's
• People Are or Is
• To or Too
• Titled or Entitled

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