Come here then go away
blatant, flagrant
blatant means obvious
flagrant means obvious and offensive
boom, boon
boom means a period of rapid growth
boon means is a turn of fortune
come, go
come is used for movement toward the speaker
go is used for movements away from the speaker
The biannual meeting is also semiannual
biannually means occuring twice a year
bimonthly means occuring twice a month (or once every two months)
biweekly means occuring once every two weeks
semiannually means occuring twice a year
semimonthly means occurring twice a month
semiweekly means occurring twice a week
or just avoid these and use twice a year, twice a month, etc.
for a litle more confusion, biennially means occuring once every two years
Insurance can be assurance
adverse, averse
adverse means unfavorable (she had an adverse reaction to the drug)
averse means opposed to (he was averse to going into deep water)
anxious, eager
anxious means worried (he was anxious about the surgery)
eager means enthusiastic desire (she was eager to start college)
assure, ensure, insure
assure means to put at ease (he was able to assure them of success)
ensure means to guarantee (the lab results could ensure the purity of the milk)
insure means cover with insurance (they can insure your loss)
Mispronounced then misspelled
perseveres, not perserveres
verbiage, not verbage
Commonly misspelled words
threshold, not threshhold
tomorrow, not tommorrow
unfortunately, not unfortunatly
vehicle, not vehical
weird, not wierd
withold, not withhold
Commonly misspelled words
seize, not sieze
seizure, not siezeure
separate, not seperate
sufficient, not sufficeint
surprise, not suprise
Commonly misspelled words
presence, not precense
privilege, not privalige
recommend, not reccomend
restaurateur, not restaurantur
Commonly misspelled words
occasion, not ocasion
omission, not ommision
possess, not posess
practice, not practise
Commonly misspelled words
maneuver, not manuver
millennium, not millenium
misspell, not mispell
necessary, not necesary
Commonly misspelled words
immediate, not imediate
independent, not independant
independence, not independance
liaise, not leaise
liaison, not leason
license, not licence