MORE ERRORS

People send quite a few word confusions which don't seem worth
writing up but which are nevertheless entertaining or interesting. I
simply list a number of these below for your amusement.

What was said What was meant

a stigmatism astigmatism

abolishment abolition

abraded upbraided

acrosst across

ad homonym ad hominem

aerobic numbers Arabic numbers

affidavid affidavit

alphabeticalize alphabetize

altercations alterations

alterior ulterior

ambliance ambulance

anachronism acronym

anchors away anchors aweigh

anticlimatic anticlimactic

aperpos a propos

apples and organs apples and oranges

arm's way harm's way

artical article

as a pose to as opposed to

ashfault asphalt

assessible accessible

assumably presumably

at leased at least

authoritarian source authoritative source

back round background

balling out bawling out

based around based on

batter an eyelid bat an eyelid

beautify a saint beatify a saint

begs belief beggars belief

besiege beseech

beyond approach beyond reproach

bids well bids fair, bodes well

binded bound

bled like a stuffed pig bledlike a stuck pig

blessing in the sky blessing in disguise

blindsighted blindsided

a board of director a member of a board of directors

boom to the economy boon to the economy

bored of bored with

bowl in a china shop bull in a china shop

bran new brand new

built off of built on or upon

BVD player DVD player

by in large or enlarge by and large

Cadillac converter catalytic converter

card shark cardsharp

carport tunnel carpal tunnel

case and point case in point

cease and decease cease and desist

cease the day seize the day

cheap at half the price cheap at twice the price

chalked full chock-full

chester drawers chest of drawers

chicken pops chicken pox

chomp at the bit champ at the bit

chow ciao

circus sized circumcised

clearified clarified

collaborating evidence corroborating evidence

component opponent

conservative effort concerted effort

conversate converse

coronated crowned

coronet cornet

cortage cortege

coruscating excoriating

coup de gras coup de grace

a couple guys a couple of guys

cream de mint creme de menthe

crimp my style cramp my style

crossified crucified

culvert sack cul de sac

cumberbun cummerbund

cursing through his coursing through his
veins veins

cut to the chaff cut to the chase

darkest before the darkest before the dawn storm

day in age day and age

dead wringer dead ringer

debockle debacle

decidated dedicated

deformation of character defamation of character

deja vous deja vu

Samuel R. Delaney Samuel R. Delany

detrius detritus

diabolically opposed diametrically opposed

dialate dilate

differ to defer to

diswraught distraught

doggy dog world dog-eat-dog world

do to due to

documentated documented

dottering doddering

down the pipe down the pike

dresser draw dresser drawer

drownded drowned

drownding drowning

drudged up dredged up

dry reach dry retch

electorial college electoral college

end justifies the end justifies the means
meaning

enervate energize

escape goat scapegoat

esculate escalate

exasperated exacerbated

excape escape

exhilarator accelerator

expecially especially

expeculation speculation

expediate expedite

exuberant price exorbitant price

eyesaw eyesore

fair to midland fair to middling

far and few between few and far between

fast majority vast majority

fate accommpli fait accompli

fathom a guess hazard a guess

Federal Drug Food and Drug Administration
Administration

final throws final throes

first come, first serve first come, first served

flaw in the ointment fly in the ointment

flustrated frustrated

foilage foliage

foul swoop fell swoop

Franklin Delanor Franklin Delano
Roosevelt Roosevelt

frentic fanatic or frenetic

garner wages garnish wages

gave me slack gave me flak

genuses genera

gentile manners genteel manners

gentlelady gentlewoman

glaucomole glaucoma

glaze over gloss over

gleam glean

gone array gone awry

got my dandruff up got my dander up

grant it granted

greatfruit grapefruit

harbringer harbinger

harps back harks back

hare's breath hair's breadth

heared heard

heart-rendering heart-rending

hearst hearse

Heineken remover Heimlich maneuver

here on end here on in

high dungeon high dudgeon

hobbiest hobbyist

hold down the fort hold the fort

howsomever however

hurtles to overcome hurdles to overcome

I seen I saw or I've seen

ice tea iced tea

ideallic ideal or idyllic

if I don't say so if I do say so

imbedded embedded

impaling doom impending doom

imput input

in another words in other words

in lieu of in light of

in loo of in lieu of

in mass en masse

in sink in synch

in tact intact

in the same vane or vain in the same vein

incredulous incredible

indiscrepancy discrepancy

insinnuendo insinuation or innuendo

insuremountable insurmountable

internally grateful eternally grateful

International Workers Industrial Workers of the World
of the World (IWW)

intragul integral

Issac Isaac

it's beggars belief it beggars belief

ivy tower ivory tower

jack of all traits jack of all trades

jaundra genre

jest of the idea gist of the idea

just assume just as soon

kindly kind of

kit gloves kid gloves

Klu Klux Klan Ku Klux Klan

lacksadaisical lackadaisical

lamblasted, landblasted lambasted

land up end up, land

landlover landlubber

lapse into a comma lapse into a coma

larnyx larynx

laxidaisical lackadaisical

livelyhood livelihood

love nuts lug nuts

love one and other love one another

low and behold lo and behold

ludicrust ludicrous

make head or tale make head or tail

malice of forethought malice aforethought

masonary masonry

make ends meat make ends meet

mean time meantime

menestrate menstruate

meter out justice mete out justice

mix words mince words

misconscrew misconstrue

mister meaner misdemeanor

momento memento

muncho man macho man

muriel mural

myocardial infraction myocardial infarction

new leash on life new lease on life

neck in neck neck and neck

nitch niche

no bars held no holds barred

Nobel lariat Nobel laureate

notary republic notary public

odiferous odoriferous

off my own back off my own bat

oject d'art objet d'art

on mass en masse

on the same hand on the other hand, by the same token

once and a while once in a while

overhauls overalls

overjealous overzealous

pacific specific

pain-staking painstaking

pair of parenthesis pair of parentheses

palatable feeling palpable feeling

parody of virtue paragon of virtue

part in parcel part and parcel

pastorial pastoral

patriarticle patriarchal

peacemeal piecemeal

pedastool pedestal

pension penchant

pentacle of his career pinnacle of his career

peon of praise paean of praise

permiscuous promiscuous

periphial peripheral

perk up its ears prick up its ears

perscription prescription

Peruvian interest prurient interest

perverbial proverbial

phantom it fathom it

pick fun poke fun or pick on

pillow to post pillar to post

pin a finger pin the blame on, point a finger at

play it by year play it by ear

plentitude plenitude

poison ivory poison ivy

portentious portentous

poultrygeist poltergeist

pratfall pitfall

predominately predominantly

prevaricate procrastinate

prevert pervert

prolong the inevitable delay the inevitable

protagonist proponent

punkin, pumkin pumpkin

radical chick radical chic

ramsack ransack

ranking file rank and file

readdress the balance redress the balance

radioactive increase retroactive increase

rebel rouser rabble rouser

recreate the wheel reinvent the wheel

repel rappel

repungent repugnant

rockweiler rottweiler

roiling boil rolling boil

rot or rod iron wrought iron

rubble rousing rabble rousing

run rapid run rampant

seizure salad Caesar salad

self of steam self-esteem

self-defacing self-effacing

sense of false security false sense of security

sequences sequins

shock ways shockwaves

short sided shortsighted

should've went should have gone

shutter to think shudder to think

similiar or simular similar


six and a half of one, six of one,
a dozen of the other half a dozen of the other

skewer the results skew the results

skiddish skittish

sleep acnea sleep apnea

slither of cake sliver of cake

smack dad smack dab

smashed potatoes mashed potatoes

smoking mirrors smoke and mirrors

smothered onions smothered with onions

soak and wet soaking wet

something or rather something or other

somulent somnolent

sorted past or story sordid past or story

stain glass stained glass

stainless teal stainless steel

stolled stole

strident stringent

strum up support drum up support

subsiding on subsisting on

substantative substantive

sufficive to say it suffices to say

supremist supremacist

tactile squad tactical squad

techknowledgy technology

terminity temerity

thankyou thank you

Theolonius Monk Thelonious Monk

thread a fine line tread a fine line

Tiajuna Tijuana

tie me over tide me over

times the number multiply the number

tittering on the brink teetering on the brink

to each's own to each his own

took it for granite took it for granted

trader to the cause traitor to the cause

two sense worth two cents' worth

turpentime turpentine

tyrannical yolk tyrannical yoke

udderly utterly

unloosen loosen

unchartered territory uncharted territory

up and Adam up and at 'em

upgraded upbraided

Valentimes Valentines

valevictorian valedictorian

vaulted vaunted

verbage verbiage

very close veins varicose veins

viadock viaduct

visa versa vice versa

vocal chords vocal cords

voiceterous boisterous

vunerable vulnerable

wait ago way to go

weary wary

wheedle down whittle down

whelp welt

wideth width

Wimbleton Wimbledon

windshield factor wind chill factor

witch which

without further adieu without further ado

whoa is me woe is me

wolf in cheap clothing wolf in sheep's clothing

world-renown world-renowned

worldwind whirlwind

worse case scenario worst-case scenario

worth its weight in worth its salt, or worth its weight in gold salt

worth wild worthwhile