This document provides examples of words that are often confused and misused, with definitions and examples of correct usage for each pair. It discusses word pairs such as accede/exceed, accept/except, access/excess, adapt/adept/adopt, advice/advise, affect/effect, allude/elude, alternate/alternative, appraise/apprise, assure/ensure/insure, bazaar/bizarre, because of/due to, beside/besides, bi-/semi-, breach/breech, can/may, carat/caret/karat, cease/seize, and ceiling/sealing. The purpose is to identify and clarify words that sound similar