Commonly Confused Words In English start on letter P
and How to Use Them
pajamas, pyjamas
patience, patients
payed, paid
pass time, pastime
passed, past
passersby, passerbys
past time, pastime
peace of mind, piece of mine
peak, peek, pique
peal, peel
peel, peal
people, person, persons
per cent, percent
percent, per cent
person, people
personal, personnel
personnel, personal
persons, people
perspective, prospective
persuade, convince
pet, petted
phase, faze
phenomena, phenomenon
photo shoot, photoshoot
photoshoot, photo shoot
piece or mine, peace of mind
pickup, pick up
plain, plane
plaintiff, defendant
plane, plain
pleaded, pled
pled, pleaded
plough, plow
poisonous, venomous
polygamy, polygyny
polygyny, polygamy
port, starboard
possum, opossum
potatoes, potatos
practice, practise
practise, practice
pray, prey
precede, proceed
precedence, precedents
precedent, precedence
premier, premiere
premiere, premier
prescribe, proscribe
presence, presents
presents, presence
presume, assume
pretence, pretense
pretense, pretence
preventative, preventive
preventive, preventative
previous, prior
prey, pray
principal, principle
prior, previous
proceed, precede
prognosis, diagnosis
program, programme
programme, program
prone, supine
proof, prove
proscribe, prescribe
prospective, perspective
protagonist, antagonist
prove, proof
proven, proved
psychiatry, psychology
psychology, psychiatry
psychopath, sociopath
purposefully, purposely
purposely, purposefully
principle, principal
past, passed
peace, piece
perturb, disturb
pair, pare, pear
palate, palette
pedal, peddle
perpetrate, perpetuate
perquisite, prerequisite
persecute, prosecute
perverse, perverted
pole, poll
pore, pour
prophecy, prophesy
prostate, prostrate
patient, impatient
pending, impending
pallet, palate, palette
pique, peak, peek
peddle, pedal
pendent, pendant
piece, peace
poor, pore, pour
premises, premise
prophesy, prophecy
providing, provided
phenomenon, phenomena
pour, pore
precise, accurate
plant cell, animal cell
physical therapy, chiropractic
parsley, cilantro
porpoise, dolphin
prokaryotes, eukaryotes
percocet, vicodin
photosynthesis, cellular respiration
platinum, white gold
poison, venom
prawn, shrimp
psychologist, psychiatrist
plantains, banana
porcupine, hedgehog
python, boa constrictor
puffin, penguin