Most Commonly Confused Words in English Word Meaning Word Meaning Accept Receive Except Leave out Affect Influence Effect Result Allowed Permitted Aloud Clearly heard Allude Make indirect reference Elude Escape from something Ate Past tense of eat Eight The number Break Smash, split Brake Stopping device By Preposition Buy Purchase Capital City, wealth Capitol Building Coarse Rough Course Way or path Ensure Guarantee Insure Financial liability Farther Physical distance Further Abstract idea…