Confused and Misused Words




Confused and Misused Words :


English in the present world is not a foreign language. It has become the International Language in an IT-driven society. One’s success in life has become very much dependent on the level of proficiency in English Language. Nevertheless, English language harbours a number of words that are highly susceptible to be confused or misused.


This page on Confused and Misused Words gives you a compilation of the most frequently misspelled, commonly confused and easily misunderstood words floating around in the English Language. This section will immensely benefit you all new to English language, the aspirants of management entrance exams such as GMAT, GRE, SAT, TOEFL and LSAT as well as the candidates for recruitment-exams. In addition to those who want to enter higher educational portal, those who are in the middle of their professional ladder also will find this section helpful and resourceful. We have done our best in collecting all those confused words. Our team of experts is looking out to add more such pair of confused words to this compilation. This section will be always comprehensive so that your knowledge of English will be updated by your continuous visit to this page.


Since our sole intention is to make this web-portal as complete as possible as far as English language is considered, we add more sections of this nature to make our visitors like you come back regularly to this web-portal. English language is bigger than Atlantic Ocean. The more we add, the more is yet to be added. The more we learn, the more is yet to be learnt. Such is the case of English language which has gained international attention after the onset of computer and internet.


By giving clear and sensible guidance to avoid the common pitfalls of the English language, this page will play a pivotal role in your progress towards professional success.


List of Confused and Misused Words beginning with R :



  1. What is the difference between Rabble and Rubble?
  2. What is the difference between Rack and Rake?
  3. What is the difference between Raft and Rapt?
  4. What is the difference between Rain and Reign and Rein?
  5. What is the difference between Raise and Raze and Razz?
  6. What is the difference between Rand and Rend?
  7. What is the difference between Rant and Rent?
  8. What is the difference between Rap and Rape and Wrap?
  9. What is the difference between Rapture and Rupture?
  10. What is the difference between Rat and Rate?
  11. What is the difference between Rational and Rationale?
  12. What is the difference between Ravel and Revel and Rebel?
  13. What is the difference between Reach and Rich?
  14. What is the difference between Read and Reed and Rid?
  15. What is the difference between Ream and Rim?
  16. What is the difference between Reap and Reef and Rip?
  17. What is the difference between Reek and Rick?
  18. What is the difference between Refuge and Refuse?
  19. What is the difference between Rest and Wrest?
  20. What is the difference between Review and Revue?
  21. What is the difference between Rife and Ripe?
  22. What is the difference between Right and Rite and Write?
  23. What is the difference between Ring and Wring?
  24. What is the difference between Risk and Risque?
  25. What is the difference between Roast and Roost?
  26. What is the difference between Rob and Robe and Rove?
  27. What is the difference between Rogue and Rouge?
  28. What is the difference between Role and Roll?
  29. What is the difference between Root and Route and Rout?












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