Some of the following words have similar pronunciations and some look similar, but their meanings are quite different. In order for students not to get confused, we have divided the most common and basic ones into more than a hundred groups. List it out.
1) quite quite quiet
2) affect v influence, pretend effect n result, influence
3) adapt adapt adopt adopt adept expert
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4) angel angel angle angle
5) dairy dairy diary
6) contend struggle, struggle content content, contented context contest competition
7) principal principal, main principle
8) implicit implicit explicit clear
9) dessert dessert desert v give up dissert and write a paper
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10) pat tap tap slap slap rap knock, hit
11) decent decent descent n downward, descendant v downward
12 ) sweet sweet sweat
13) later later latter latest latest lately adv recently
14) costume clothing custom habit
15) extensive 15) extensive intensive
16) aural ear oral
17) abroad foreign aboard (ship, plane)
18) altar altar alter change
19) assent agree with ascent rise accent
20) champion champagne champagne campaign
21) baron barren barren barn ancient warehouse
22) beam beam, beam bean bean has been past tense
23) precede lead proceed proceed, continue
24) pray pray prey
25) chicken chicken kitchen
26) monkey monkey donkey
27) chore chore chord cord
28) cite citation site place sight vision
29) clash (metal) building crash crash collision building, fall crush crush
30) compliment compliment complement
31) confirm confirm conform to make obedient
32) contact contact contract contract contrast
33) council council council advice consul consul
34) crow crow crown crown clown clown cow cow
35) dose a dose of medicine doze take a nap
36) drawn draw past participle drown drown
37) emi
grant immigrate to a foreign country immigrant immigrants from a certain country
38) excess n exceed excel v exceed excel 39) hotel youth hostel hostel hotel
40) latitude latitude altitude height gratitude gratitude
41) immoral immoral immortal
42) lone lonely alone lonely
43) mortal Immortal metal metal mental nerve medal medal model model meddle toying with
44) scare scarce lack of
45) drought drought draught ventilation, drag drafts (English) draughts
47) assure ensure ensure insure insurance
48) except except expect expect accept accept excerpt select exempt exemption
49) floor floor flour
50) incident accident accident
51) inspiration aspiration desire
52) march March, match match
53) patent patent potent potent potential 54) police police policy politics
55) protest protest protect
56) require require inquire inquire inquire acquire obtain
57) revenge revenge avenge revenge for...
58) story story storey floor store store
59) strike stick stick to strict
60) expand expand expand spend extend extend
71) commerce commercial commence begin
72) through through thorough (al) though though thought think past participle
73) purpose purpose suppose hypothesis proposal
74) expect expect respect respect aspect inspect inspect suspect doubt
75) glide glide slide make glide slip fall
76) steal steel
77) strive stride
78) allusion illusion delusion illusion elusion escape
79) prospect prospect perspective
80) stationery stationary
fixed
81) loose loose lose loss n loss lost lose past tense
82) amend correction, correction emend correction
83) amoral unmoral immoral Synonymous with immoral
84) capitol building capital capital
85) casual causal meaning reason
86) extend extend extend length extend existing
87) inability disability
88) personnel personal
89) statue statue status status status
90) widow widow window
91) socks stockings stockings
92) tax tax taxi rental
93) definite indefinite infinite infinite
94) grim grim grime stain
95) crayon crayon canyon valley
96) recent recently resent angry
97 ) phrase phrase phase stage
98) mission mission emission emanate, launch mansion building
99) vision visual version translation
100) gasp out of breath qigrasp seize
101) delicate subtle dedicate dedication
101) idle idle idol idol
102) induce induce, induce deduce speculate reduce reduce seduce inducement
103) lapse lapse elapse disappear eclipse eclipse
104) rude crude crude natural
105) source water source sauce soy sauce saucer saucer resource resource recourse ask for help
106) sled (child) sledge sledge sled
107) stripe stripe strip trip travel
108) vocation occupation vacation vacation evocation summon revocation withdrawal
109) ardor enthusiasm adore worship adornment
110) area area era era
111) resemble like... assemble v collection, assembly assembly n collection , assemble
112) assume assume resume resume
113) attain achieve obtain obtain abstain give up
114) award award reward
115) baggage (American English) baggage
ge luggage
116) badge badge bandage bandage
117) blade bald bald bold
118) bloom bloom bloom (fruit) bosom chest
119) blush flush flush (face)
120) bride bribe
121) growl growl howl wolf howl
122) depress suppress suppress oppress oppress
123) dime dim dim
124) di dazzle dazzle dazzle
125) brown brown brow Eyebrow blow
126) bullet bullet bulletin announcement
127) carton cardboard box cartoon animation
128) chivalry chivalry cavalry cavalry
129) collar collar cellar cellar color color
130) vanish disappear evanish make disappear
131) intrude invade extrude expel detrude push down
132) contort twist distort bend retort refute
133) eminent outstanding imminent approaching
134) decline decline recline place incline tilt
135) exclaim shout proclaim announce acclaim cheer declaim recitation
136) edict decree indict accuse
137) perfuse splash profuse wasteful
138) reject reject eject expel inject inject deject make Frustration
139) literacy literacy literature literature literature literal
140) median central, middle-line medium media
141) expel expel repel counterattack impel push dispel dispel
142) rip tear off ribe cooked
143) wench winch wrench sprain
144) confidant confidant confident
145) dine eat diner eat people dinning n eat dinner dinner
146) dreg dregs drag drag
147) faint lose consciousness feint feint
148 ) imprudence impudence shameless
149) specie coin species types
150) hanger hook hangar hanger hunger
151) suite one (set, batch) suit a set of clothes