Words that are not in fact interchangeable

[beccaelizabeth]

SHIELD and SHEILD (hint: the little wiggly line of you're spelling it wrong has the knowing on this)
Lightning and lightening (Thor is a god of Lightning. Seriously. You can look it up.)
wreck and wreak
loath (or possibly loth) and loathe
bear and bare
ups and up's, downs and down's (it's not just a thingy that means there's an s on the end. it's either what's left of an i as in it is or it's saying belongs to, like becca's grammar tips. if it's just a plural, it just needs an s.)
pouring and poring over
eek and eke out
past and passed
adieu and ado
Noble and Nobel
whined, wined and winced
hoard and horde
might and mite peeved


oh so many more. Join in in the comments. Especially if you know whatever ones I do, there's bound to be some.



also: A spellchecker and/or Google Translate is not an adequate beta reader.
Betas got popular for a reason. It is a nice reason. Of sentences that actually mean what you meant in your head.



It would be annoying to just go beta the whole fandom in the comments, yes?
Yes.
(and come to think my previous attempts at beta managed to annoy even people who'd asked me. not so much of the good then.)

Comments

[jess goodwin (from livejournal.com)]

Quite right. Thor is the god of thunder and lightning. His brother Balder is the god of lightening. ;-)

[aeron-lanart.livejournal.com]

peek and pique have been annoying me recently...