Commonly Confused Words

I often come across word confusions when I’m beta-reading or reviewing books (including books from major publishers, by the way).

This page offers a list of easily confused words for authors, all of which I’ve seen in published books. If you want to be updated when I add new entries, please subscribe in the right-hand sidebar.

If you have additional suggestions, please leave a comment. Obviously, this isn’t comprehensive, which is why your best plan is always to check all your vocabulary words before you publish.

(My book The Well-Presented Manuscript includes a much longer list, over 100 entries, categorised by how frequently I see them.)

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