van - fan

thought thaught

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We are compiling a list of words that are often mistaken for one another in writing. Each pair or group has its own forum thread, with links provided below. This list is in alphabetical order, and word pairs that begin with different letters may be listed twice. It will be updated as more threads are added.

These are some of the most troublesome sets. For a fairly comprehensive list of sound-alike words, see Alan Cooper's Homonym List, and for a compilation of myriad mistakes often made in English usage, visit Paul Brians' Common Errors in English Usage.

• Areola - Aureole

• Because - Cause

• Click - Clique

• Complement - Compliment

• Discreet - Discrete

• Further - Farther

• Elicit - Illicit

• Faze - Phase

• Illicit - Elicit

• Loose - Lose

• Peak - Pique

• Phase - Faze

• Shutter - Shudder

• Their - There - They're

• Throes - Throws

• To - Too - Two

• Your - You're