You should be aware of similar-sounding and other confusing words
and spell them or dictate them clearly. Some words should always be
spelled to avoid confusion or to make sure an inattentive transcriptionist
does not transcribe the word incorrectly.
Here are just a few words of which you should be aware:
| Confusing
and/or Sound-Alike Words |
accede: stick to agreement
exceed: surpass |
accept: receive
except: exclude |
adapt: adjust
adept: proficient |
adverse: opposed
averse: not interested |
affect: change, influence
effect: (v) to bring about (n) result, impression |
all right: all right
alright: outdated usage |
allude: refer to indirectly
elude: avoid |
allusion: insinuation
illusion: apparition |
already: previously
all ready: everything prepared |
altar: place of worship
alter: to change |
appraise: value
apprise: inform, notify |
assistants: helpers
assistance: help |
capital:seat of government; money
capitol: building where legislative body meets |
cease: stop
seize: apprehend |
cite: speak of
sight: vision
site: location |
complement: collection
compliment: praise |
continual: happens frequently in time: close
succession
continuous: uninterrupted |
council: praise
consul: ambassador
console: comfort
counsel: advice |
descent: decline
dissent: disagree |
disapprove: condemn
disprove: discredit |
elicit: extract
illicit: illegal |
eligible: qualified
illegible: indecipherable |
emigration: moving from a country
immigration: moving to a country |
eminent: outstanding, revered
imminent: threatening to happen soon |
farther: forward
further: additionally |
floe: large sheet of floating ice
flow: move, run freely, circulate |
formally: in a dignified way
formerly: previously |
imply: speaker implies (suggests)
infer: hearer infers (perceives) |
incidence: occurrence
incidents: situations |
lay: to set down, to place or put an item down
lie: to recline |
passed: go by
past: earlier |
principal: first in authority; main participant;
amount of a debt less interest
principle: basic truth or assumption |
pray: to ask for by prayer or supplication
prey: animal hunted or caught for food; victim |
residence: dwelling
residents: occupants |
right: correct
rite: ceremony
wright: worker
write: compose |
their: posessive form of “them”
they're: they are
there: at that place |
stationary: not moving: fixed
stationery: writing material: letterhead, envelopes, etc. |
suit: a set of clothes; legal action
suite: number of items making up a set, series, or sequence |
waiver: the giving up of a claim
waver: to hesitate; also tremble or quaver |
through: by way of
threw: tossed |
whose: of or relating to whom
who's: who is |
your: of or relating to you
you're: you are |
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