1. Easily Confused Words List 3

2. Your/You’re Your: shows possession or ownership over something
“This is your car."
You’re: Short for YOU ARE
“You’re in big trouble.”

3. Wright/Right/Rite/Write
Wright: A person who builds or composes things
“He is a famous playwright.”
Rite: A formal religious ceremony
“He experienced his baptismal rite today.”
Write: To mark or form letters; to compose an essay
“Our teacher made us write the entire class period.”
Right: All other uses
“Turn right at the next light.”
“I don’t know if this answer is right.”

4. Quiet/Quite/Quit Quiet: Noun or verb: silence or to silence.
“They slept in the quiet all afternoon.”
“She needed to quiet the children.”
Quite: adverb, truly or considerably
“I am quite certain I know the answer to 15.”
Quit: Verb, to stop
“I need to quit talking to him.”

5. Allot/A Lot Allot: To divide or assign
“I allotted 10 Reese’s Pieces to each of my friends.”
A Lot: a large quantity of something
“I have a lot of Reese’s Pieces to give away.”

6. Councilor/Counselor/Council/Counsel
Councilor: a person on a council
“The councilor had many big decisions to make that day.”
Counselor: someone who gives advice
“I saw my counselor, and she said I should think about being a doctor someday.”
Council: a committee that is elected to lead
“The council had a big vote coming up.”
Counsel: Advice
“The counsel I’d give you would be to stay away from him.”

7. Descent/Decent/Descend
Descent: Noun, To go downwards.
“We started our descent from the top of the building to the first floor.”
Decent: civilized, good
“He’s a decent person.”
Descend: Verb, to go downwards
“We descended five flights of stairs.”

8. Principal/Principle Principal: main or a leader of a school
“Our principal complaint is that the food is disgusting.”
“The principal congratulated us for our good grades.”
Principle: rules, beliefs, or way of acting
“I have strong principles that guide my decisions.”