The Hutchinson Dictionary of Confusible Words -- Preface -- Table of contents -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- abbreviation/acronym -- abdicate/abrogate/arrogate/derogate -- ability -- abjure/adjure -- abrogate -- abstemious -- abstention/abstinence -- abstinence -- abstinent/abstemious -- abstractedly/abstractly -- abstractly -- abstruse -- abuse/misuse -- academic/academical -- academical -- accede/concede -- accent/accentuate -- accentuate -- accept/except -- acceptance/acceptation -- acceptation -- access/accession -- accessary -- accession -- accessory/accessary -- accident/incident -- accidental -- accord/accordance -- accordance -- account -- accumulative/cumulative -- acerbic -- achievement/exploit/feat -- acid/acrid/acerbic -- acquirement/acquisition -- acquisition -- acrid -- acronym -- acrophobia/agoraphobia -- act/action -- action -- activate/actuate -- actuate -- acuity -- acumen/acuity -- acute -- adapt -- adherence/adhesion -- adhesion -- adjacent/adjoining -- adjoining -- adjure -- administer/administrate -- administrate -- admission/admittance -- admission -- admittance -- ado -- adopt/adapt -- adopted/adoptive -- adoptive -- advance/advancement -- advancement -- advantage/vantage -- adventuresome -- adventurous/adventuresome/venturesome/venturous -- adverse -- aesthetic/ascetic -- a few -- affect/effect -- affectation -- affection/affectation -- afflicted -- affront/effrontery -- aggression/aggressiveness -- aggressiveness -- agnostic/atheist -- agoraphobia -- aid/aide -- aide -- alarm/alarum -- alarum -- ale/beer -- alias/alibi -- alibi -- allay/alleviate/assuage -- alleviate -- Allies/Axis -- allocate/allot -- allot -- allude/refer -- allure -- alternately/alternatively -- alternatively -- although/though -- amatory.

amazed/astonished/astounded/dumbfounded -- ambiguous/ambivalent -- ambivalent -- amend/emend -- amiable/amicable -- amicable -- amid/among -- amok -- among -- amoral -- amorous/amatory -- anarchism -- anarchy/anarchism -- anger/rage/fury/indignation -- announce/pronounce/proclaim -- annual/perennial -- antagonist/protagonist -- Antarctic -- antedate/postdate -- anticipate/expect -- antiquated -- antique/antiquated -- anxiety -- aphorism -- appraise/apprise -- apprehend/comprehend -- apprehension/anxiety -- apprise -- appropriate/expropriate -- a priori/prima facie -- Arab/Arabian/Arabic -- Arabian -- Arabic -- arbiter/arbitrator -- arbitrate/mediate -- arbitrator -- arcane -- arch/arcane -- Arctic/Antarctic -- arise -- arouse -- arrogate -- art/science -- arthritis -- artist/artiste -- artiste -- ascendancy/ascendant -- ascendant -- ascetic -- Asian/Asiatic -- Asiatic -- assail -- assassin/murderer/killer -- assault/assail -- assault -- assent/consent -- assert/asseverate/aver -- assertion/assertiveness -- assertiveness -- asseverate -- assiduous/sedulous -- assignation -- assignment/assignation -- assuage -- assume -- assure/ensure/insure -- astonished -- astounded -- astrology -- astronaut/cosmonaut -- astronomy/astrology -- at -- atheist -- attack/assault -- attendant/attender -- attender -- attorney/lawyer -- augury/auspice -- aura/aurora -- aural/oral -- aurora -- auspice -- auspicious/propitious -- authoritarian -- authoritative/authoritarian -- autumn/autumnal -- autumnal -- avenge/revenge -- aver -- averse/adverse -- avid/rabid -- avocation -- avoid/evade/elude -- avow/vouch -- await -- awake -- awaken -- award -- awesome/awful -- awful -- axiom -- Axis -- babble/blather/gabble/rabbit -- babel -- babysitter -- back/rear -- badinage -- bail/bale -- baited -- bale -- baleful/baneful -- ball game/ballpark -- ballpark -- balmy/barmy -- baloney.

baluster -- ban/bar -- baneful -- banister/baluster -- banter/badinage -- bar/barrier -- bar -- barbarian -- barbaric -- barbarous/barbaric/barbarian -- barmy -- baron/baronet -- baronet -- barrier -- base/basis -- basin -- basis -- bated/baited -- bath/bathe -- bathe -- bathos -- bay window/bow window -- beast/brute -- becomes -- bedlam/babel -- beer -- beginning/start -- begrudge/grudge -- behoves/becomes -- belabour -- bellicose -- belligerent/bellicose -- belly -- beneficent -- benevolent/beneficent -- benign/benignant -- benignant -- bereaved/bereft -- bereft -- berserk/amok -- beside/besides -- besides -- biannual/biennial -- biennial -- bill -- billion -- billow/belly -- bisect -- blanch -- blare -- blarney/baloney -- blast/blare/bray -- blatant/flagrant -- blather -- blench/blanch -- blessed/blissful -- blink -- blissful -- bloater -- bloc -- block/bloc -- blond/blonde -- blonde -- bloom/blossom -- blossom -- blush/flush -- blusterous -- boat/ship -- bodge -- boil/broil -- boisterous/blusterous -- bon mot/mot juste -- booty -- border/boundary/frontier -- born/borne -- borne -- bosom/breast -- botch/bodge -- bough -- boundary -- bowl/basin -- bow window -- boycott/embargo -- brake -- branch/bough -- bravado -- bravery/bravado/bravura -- bravura -- bray -- breach/breech -- break/brake -- breast -- breech -- brim -- Britain/Great Britain/British Isles -- British Isles -- broach/brooch -- brochure/pamphlet/leaflet -- broil -- brooch -- brush -- brute -- bud/burgeon -- bug/tap -- burgeon -- burst/bust -- bush/shrub/scrub/brush -- business/busyness -- bust -- bustle/hustle -- cad/card -- café/cafeteria -- cafeteria -- callous/callus -- callow -- callus -- candelabra -- cannon -- canon/cannon -- canopy/panoply -- canvas/canvass -- canvass -- capability/capacity/ability -- capacity -- capital/capitol -- capital punishment -- capitol -- carcass.

card -- careen -- career/careen -- carefree/careless -- careless -- caricature -- carousal/carousel -- carousel -- carp -- cartoon/caricature -- cast/caste -- caste -- caster/castor -- castigate -- castor -- cataclysm -- catastrophe/cataclysm -- catch phrase/cliché -- catholic/Catholic -- Catholic -- cave/cavern -- cavern -- cavil/carp -- celebrant/celebrator -- celebrator -- Celsius/centigrade/Kelvin -- cement -- censor/censure -- censure -- census/consensus -- centigrade -- centre/middle -- ceremonial/ceremonious -- ceremonious -- certainty/certitude -- certitude -- cessation -- cession/cessation -- chafe/chaff -- chaff -- chandelier/candelabra -- charted -- chartered/charted -- chary -- chasten -- chastize/chasten/castigate -- chat/chatter/natter/yatter -- chatter -- cheerful/cheery -- cheery -- cherish -- cherubic -- chicken/hen -- childish/childlike -- childlike -- childminder/babysitter -- chime -- chiropodist/chiropractor -- chiropractor -- choir/chorus -- choose -- chop/cutlet -- chord -- chortle -- chorus -- chronic/acute -- chubby/cherubic/seraphic -- chuckle/chortle -- chum -- chute -- cite -- citizen/denizen -- civic -- civil/civic/civilian -- civilian -- clad/clothed -- claque -- classic/classical -- classical -- clean/cleanse -- cleanliness -- cleanness/cleanliness -- cleanse -- clench -- clergyman/minister -- clerihew -- cliché -- client/customer -- climate/clime -- clime -- clinch/clench -- clique/claque -- clothed -- clue/cue -- coarse/crude/rude -- codger/curmudgeon -- collude/confer/connive/conspire -- comfy/cosy -- comic/comical -- comical -- comment/commentate -- commentate -- commissar -- commissionaire -- commissioner/commissionaire/commissar -- commute/compound -- compact -- comparable/compatible -- compatible -- compel/impel -- competition/contest -- compile -- complacent/complaisant/compliant -- complaisant.

complement/compliment -- complex -- compliant -- complicated/complex -- compliment -- compose/compile/concoct -- compose -- compound -- comprehend -- comprehensible/comprehensive -- comprehensive -- comprise -- compulsive/impulsive/impetuous -- concave/convex -- concede -- conciliate -- concoct -- concrete/cement -- condition/precondition -- condole/console -- confer -- confession/admission -- confine/contain -- congenial/genial -- connive -- connote -- consent -- consequent/susbequent -- conserve/preserve -- consist/comprise/constitute/compose -- consistent/persistent -- console -- conspire -- constant -- constitute -- constraint/restraint -- contagious -- contain -- contemporaneous -- contemporary/comtemporaneous -- contemptible/contemptuous -- contemptuous -- contest -- continual/continuous/constant -- continuous -- contract/compact -- contrary/converse -- contravene/controvert -- controvert -- converse/reverse -- converse -- convex -- cooperate/collaborate -- cord/chord -- co-respondent -- corollary -- corporal/corporeal -- corporal punishment/capital punishment -- corporeal -- corpse/carcass -- correlation/corollary -- correspondent/co-respondent -- corrode -- cosmonaut -- cosy -- council/counsel -- counsel -- coup de force -- coup de grâce/coup de force/tour de force -- crape/crepe -- crass -- credence/credit -- credible/creditable/credulous -- credit -- creditable -- credulous -- crepe -- crevasse -- crevice/crevasse -- criticism/critique -- critique -- crony/chum -- crude -- crumpled/rumpled -- cue -- cultivated -- cultured/cultivated -- cumulative -- curmudgeon -- customer -- cutlet -- cynical/sceptical -- dally -- damp/moist -- dapper/debonair -- Dark Ages/Middle Ages -- dash -- date -- day/date -- daze/dazzle -- dazzle -- deadly/deathly -- deathly -- debar/disbar -- debate/deliberate -- debonair -- deceitful -- decent/decorous.

deceptive/deceitful.