| No. | Item | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | accept / except | receive; excluding |
| 2. | advice / advise | guidance; recommend |
| 3. | affect / effect | influence; result |
| 4. | allowed / aloud | permitted; spoken audibly |
| 5. | allusion / illusion | indirect reference; false appearance |
| 6. | altar / alter | worship table; change |
| 7. | among / between | in group; separating two |
| 8. | ascent / assent | upward climb; agreement |
| 9. | bare / bear | uncovered; carry or animal |
| 10. | be / bee | exist; flying insect |
| 11. | borrow / lend | take temporarily; give temporarily |
| 12. | brake / break | stopping device; shatter |
| 13. | breath / breathe | air taken in; inhale |
| 14. | bring / take | carry here; carry away |
| 15. | capital / capitol | city or money; legislature building |
| 16. | cell / sell | small room; exchange for money |
| 17. | cent / scent | coin; smell |
| 18. | cloth / clothes | fabric; garments |
| 19. | complement / compliment | complete; praise |
| 20. | council / counsel | advisory group; advice |
| 21. | dear / deer | beloved or costly; animal |
| 22. | desert / dessert | arid land; sweet course |
| 23. | device / devise | tool; invent |
| 24. | die / dye | stop living; color material |
| 25. | discreet / discrete | tactful; separate |
| 26. | draft / draught | preliminary version; current of air |
| 27. | earn / urn | receive by work; vase |
| 28. | elicit / illicit | draw out; illegal |
| 29. | emigrate / immigrate | leave country; enter country |
| 30. | ensure / insure | make certain; provide coverage |
| 31. | everyday / every day | ordinary; each day |
| 32. | faze / phase | disturb; stage |
| 33. | fewer / less | countable amount; uncountable amount |
| 34. | fir / fur | evergreen tree; animal coat |
| 35. | flea / flee | tiny jumping insect; run away |
| 36. | flew / flu | traveled by air; influenza |
| 37. | flower / flour | bloom; baking powder |
| 38. | for / four | intended for; number 4 |
| 39. | gait / gate | way of walking; entry barrier |
| 40. | genes / jeans | heredity units; denim pants |
| 41. | gorilla / guerrilla | ape; irregular fighter |
| 42. | grate / great | shred; excellent or large |
| 43. | hair / hare | head covering; rabbit |
| 44. | hall / haul | large room; pull or transport |
| 45. | hangar / hanger | aircraft shelter; clothes hook |
| 46. | heal / heel | make well; back of foot |
| 47. | hear / here | perceive sound; in this place |
| 48. | hole / whole | opening; complete |
| 49. | idle / idol | inactive; admired figure |
| 50. | its / it’s | belonging to it; it is |
| 51. | knew / new | understood before; recent |
| 52. | knight / night | armored noble; dark time |
| 53. | lay / lie | put down; recline |
| 54. | leak / leek | let fluid escape; vegetable |
| 55. | links / lynx | connections; wild cat |
| 56. | lose / loose | misplace; not tight |
| 57. | made / maid | created; female servant |
| 58. | mail / male | post; masculine person |
| 59. | meat / meet | animal flesh; come together |
| 60. | miner / minor | one who digs; underage person |
| 61. | morning / mourning | early day; grieving |
| 62. | muscle / mussel | body tissue; shellfish |
| 63. | naval / navel | relating to navy; belly button |
| 64. | one / won | number 1; was victorious |
| 65. | pair / pear | set of two; fruit |
| 66. | pause / paws | brief stop; animal feet |
| 67. | peace / piece | calm; portion |
| 68. | plain / plane | simple; flat surface or aircraft |
| 69. | pray / prey | speak to deity; hunted animal |
| 70. | principal / principle | main person; rule |
| 71. | quite / quiet | fairly; silent |
| 72. | rain / reign | water from sky; rule |
| 73. | raise / raze | lift; destroy completely |
| 74. | right / write | correct; put into words |
| 75. | ring / wring | circular band; twist hard |
| 76. | role / roll | part played; turn over |
| 77. | root / route | plant base; path |
| 78. | sale / sail | selling event; move by wind |
| 79. | scene / seen | view or setting; observed |
| 80. | sea / see | ocean; perceive visually |
| 81. | sole / soul | only or foot bottom; spirit |
| 82. | son / sun | male child; star |
| 83. | stationary / stationery | still; writing materials |
| 84. | steal / steel | take unlawfully; strong metal |
| 85. | tail / tale | animal rear appendage; story |
| 86. | their / there | belonging to them; in place |
| 87. | then / than | next; compared with |
| 88. | threw / through | tossed; from end to end |
| 89. | to / too | toward; also |
| 90. | troop / troupe | group of soldiers; performers group |
| 91. | vain / vein | conceited or pointless; blood vessel |
| 92. | waist / waste | midsection; misuse |
| 93. | wait / weight | stay for time; heaviness |
| 94. | way / weigh | path or method; measure heaviness |
| 95. | weak / week | not strong; seven days |
| 96. | weather / whether | climate; if |
| 97. | which / witch | what one; magic woman |
| 98. | who’s / whose | who is; belonging to whom |
| 99. | yolk / yoke | egg center; harness |
| 100. | your / you’re | belonging to you; you are |