Confused Words

Confused words are ones where they sound the same but spelled differently and with completely different meanings.

There are too many to list here. Some common ones are:

• accept, except
• affect, effect
• there, their, they're
• weather, whether, wither
• to, two, too
• it's, its
• your, you're
• who's, whose

For example: Since I was the one who wrecked the car, I except the consequences. = Except means "excluding" or "but".

Correct: Since I was the one who wrecked the car, I accept the consequences. = Accept means "to receive or agree to take".