• feign (pretend); fain (gladly)
• fete (to honor); feat (deed, exploit)
• fir (tree); fur (animal pelt)
• flair (knack); flare (torch)
• flea (insect); flee (run away)
• floe (ice mass); flow (run freely)
• flu (influenza); flue (pipe); flew (took wing)
• forbear (refrain); forebear (ancestor)
• formally (in a formal manner); formerly (once)
• forth (forward); fourth (ordinal number)
• forward (in front, impudent, progressive); foreword (introductory note in a book)
• foul (offensive); fowl (bird)
• frank (candid); franc (money)
• freeze (make cold); frieze (ornament)
• friar (priest); fryer (chicken)
• gaff (hook); gaffe (error)
• gait (motion); gate (opening)
• gauge (scale, measuring device); gage (pledge)
• gel (jelly); jell (harden, set)
• genius (gifted person); genus (classification)
• gild (cover with gold); guild (association)
• gilt (gilded); guilt (culpability)
• gist (essence); jest (joke)
• glacier (ice); glazier (glassworker)
• gnaw (chew); naw ("no way," in Dixie .)
• gorilla (primate); guerrilla (soldier)
• groan (moan); grown (adult)
• guarantee (to secure); guaranty (a pledge)
• hair (what grows from a follicle); hare (rabbit)
• handsome (good looking); hansom (carriage) |