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Near homophones and near homographs are the two categories of words which are likely to be confused (other than true homophones). It stands to reason that if a word looks or sounds similar to another word that it is likely to be confused with the other word. Remember that homophones are words which sound the same and that homographs are words which are spelled the same (but are pronounced differently and have different meanings).
than/then farther/further quiet/quit/quite loose/lose empire/umpire desert/dessert your/you're personal/personnel medal/metal human/humane fury/furry device/devise dairy/diary soup/soap
advice/advise casual/causal coma/comma a lot/allot are/our angle/angel cease/seize choose/chose costume/custom unit/unite
Prefixes
The prefix ex- means out of, beyond, or from. Here are a few words which begin with the ex- prefix:
express exceed exhaust excuse exhale explain export extract extreme
extraterrestrial extravagant extrasensory extraneous extraordinary extracurricular
impossible impatient import incorrect invisible inhale incomplete insane incapable
interrupt intermission interval intercept interstate international interpret interact interaction