WORDS OFTEN MISSPELLED OR MISPRONOUNCED

WORDS OFTEN MISSPELLED  OR MISPRONOUNCED

Word pairs that are mistaken	Part of speech	Meaning	Example sentence
ACCEPT	ACCEPT: verb	To agree	No excuses will be accepted.
EXCEPT	EXCEPT: preposition	All but, exclude	Everyone did their homework except John.
AFFECT	AFFECT: verb	To have an influence on somebody/something	Global warming will greatly affect the world.
EFFECT	EFFECT: noun	Result	The bug repellant didn't have any effect on the bugs.
PASSED	PASSED: verb	Move in front of	The red car passed the blue car and sped up.
PAST	PAST: adjective	Before now, history	In the past, this house used to have the color blue.
THAN	THAN: comparative particle	Used to introduce the second part of a comparison	I run faster than you.
THEN	THEN: adverb of time	Used to refer to a particular time in the past	In 1956, Jason was 40 years old. Back then, he didn't have a beard.
FELL	FELL: verb	Past tense of fall	Sam fell off his bike and broke his leg.
FELT	FELT: verb	Past tense of feel	I felt very happy when I won $1,000,000.
ADVICE	ADVICE: noun	Recommendation	Let me give you some advice about high school.
ADVISE	ADVISE: verb	Give advice	He advised me to behave well.
PEACE	PEACE: noun	Quiet time, no war	After the war, there was peace again.
PIECE	PIECE: noun	Part	Would you like a piece of cake?
QUIET	QUIET: adjective	Not noisy	My hometown is a quiet place.
QUITE	QUITE: adjective	Very	There were quite a lot of people, so a huge amount of noise was made.
STATIONARY	STATIONARY: adjective	Not moving	The car is stationary now. It isn't moving.
STATIONERY	STATIONERY: noun	Pencils, pens, paper	This office lacks stationery, so can you buy some pencils and paper?
WEATHER	WEATHER: noun	Climate	Today's weather is warm and sunny.
WHETHER	WHETHER: conjunction	If	I don't know whether the shirt is on sale or not.