Do you brake or break the eggs? Is bread or bred served with dinner? Do you breath or breathe to stay alive? When you ride a horse, do you put a bridal or a bridle on it? Would you brows or browse through the selection of books in a library? brake, break A brake is a device…
Would you eat a bomb or a bombe for dessert? Would you enjoy your picnic by a born, a borne, or a bourne? You bought a donkey. Did you purchase a borough, a burro, or a burrow? The robbers stole all of the gold bars from the vault. Did they steal bouillon or bullion? bomb,…
Homonyms are confusing enough, but there is another category of confusing words: contronyms. With contronyms, each word is its own antonym. When you offer someone an apology, are you saying sorry or are you defending what you have done? When you bolt down a chair, it stays put. But you can bolt from a fight?…
Would you eat soup from a bole, boll, or bowl? Would you be put to sleep listening to a boar, Boer, boor, or bore? Would a vicious dog bight you, bite you, or byte you? bight, bite, byte A bight is a the middle part of a rope. It is a curve, specifically the curved part of…
Would you ring a bell or a belle to let everyone know dinner was ready? Do the waves in the sea bellow or billow? Did the bank robbers use a biretta or a Beretta when they robbed the bank? Would they berry or bury their treasure? bell, belle A bell is a hollow musical instrument, with a clapper hung…
Would a be or a bee sting you? Is the area right next to a seashore a beach or a beech? Would you eat a beat or a beet? Do you drink a beer or a bier? be, bee Be has many definitions. One of the meanings of be is to take place, happen, or occur. The wedding…
Will a toddler bawl or ball if he doesn’t get his way? Is a person with no hair bawled or bald? Does a dog bay or bey? Would you shop at a bazaar or bizarre? bate, bait Bate means to diminish or abate. It also has to do with falconry, and means to beat the wings…
Does your dog like to bark or barque? Is the deserted land baron or barren? Do they add basal or basil to Italian seasoning? There is a ham cooking. Will you baste it or will you based it? Does your dog like to bask or basque in the sun? bark, barque A bark is either the outer…
When you draw in air, do you breath or breathe? If someone tells you what a great job you did, is this person paying you a complement or a compliment? Does lightning or lightening occur during a thunderstorm? When you are at that place, are you their, there, or they’re? affect, effect Affect is a…
Are you restrained by bands or by banns? Do you eat at a banquet or a banquette? Is a poet called a bard or a barred? Does a bare or a bear live in the woods? bands, banns, bans Bands are materials used to restrain or confine. The bands around their wrists were not easily broken.…
