‘Common Confusables’ are pairs of words that have the potential of leaving us in a tangle. The tangle can be pretty embarrassing at times, and we can make a fool out of ourselves if we spell out the incorrect word in front of the correct audience. Keeping that in mind, and the fact that this section is pretty much a constant on the CAT exam, we bring to you this section of ‘Common Confusing Words in English’. Consisting of Homonyms, Homophones and words often bungled-up, this section is a synthesis of our ‘Usage Tips’ section. Here, you would find the most common blunders in English explained, and tips would be given so as to to avoid these harrowing errors.

Click on the links of confusing words given below to begin your exploration:

• Accept and Except
• Auger and Augur
• Bridal and Bridle
• Bidding and Biding
• Breach and Breech
• Calvary and Cavalry
• Critic and critique
• Canvas and Canvass
• Chafe and Chaff
• Delusion and Illusion
• Dudgeon and Dungeon
• Denounce and Renounce
• Descendant and Descendent
• Discreet and Discrete
• Every day and Everyday
• Expand and Expend
• Fate and Fete
• Farther and Further
• Immunity and Impunity
• Impinge and infringe
• Inane and Insane
• Knock and Nock
• persue and pursue
• Plebeian and Proletarian
• Personal and Personnel
• Jealous and Zealous
• Knotty and Naughty
• Livid and Vivid
• Magnate and magnet
• Massive and Missive