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There are heaps of English words that are spelled the same or almost exactly the same as others, or sound very similar, yet ...

Imagine seeing someone taking up two separate parking spots with one gas-guzzling SUV. “What a psychopath,” you might say. But would it be correct, or would that person be better labeled a sociopath?

As NPR podcast hosts and language experts, we regularly hear people misusing words that seem alike but mean very different things. We call them "confusables" — because they are, well, confusing. These ...

Thanks to the efficiency of grammar and spelling tools today, it can be easy to let your writing skills slip a bit. And because many people have become reliant on word processing programs to do all ...