Now you can easily find the right Tricky Quickies YouTube Short to answer your burning question about a confusing word! Or find a link to send to a fellow editor, author or friend.

You asked, and you shall receive! A few of you have requested a clickable contents list for my animated Tricky Quickies on YouTube.

This doesn’t replace the ease of the index at the back of the paperback or ebook versions of the Tricky Quickies series, or the irreplaceable feeling of holding a book in your hands, but it is useful if you want to quickly find a single Short and send the link to someone.

How to use this list of contents

To find a specific Quickie on this page, use Ctrl + F or Cmd + F to search for a term. Each entry links to the respective animated YouTube Short.

I create one or two Quickies on YouTube every week, so keep returning for new ones. If you have any suggestions for future Quickies, let me know, and I’ll do my best to include them in future books.

Alternatively, buy the books so you don’t have to keep clicking on links!

Tricky Quickies 1

Tricky Quickies 1: 200+ easily confused English words and phrases by Debbie Emmitt
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  1. subjected to vs subject to
  2. interfere in vs interfere with
  3. tricky plurals
  4. log in vs login
  5. die of vs die from
  6. defuse vs diffuse
  7. discreet vs discrete
  8. bide (one’s) time vs buy time
  9. just deserts vs just desserts
  10. loathe vs loath
  11. digitise vs digitalise
  12. disinterested vs uninterested
  13. pay the price vs pay the prize
  14. a myriad of vs myriad
  15. on the cards vs in the cards
  16. practical vs practicable
  17. hypothetical vs hyperthetical
  18. whet one’s appetite vs wet one’s appetite
  19. principle vs principal
  20. alternate vs alternative
  21. insightful vs inciteful
  22. stand to attention vs stand at attention
  23. portend vs portent
  24. mucus vs mucous
  25. roadworks vs roadwork
  26. forgo vs forego
  27. cast vs casted
  28. practise vs practice
  29. hoard vs horde
  30. farther vs further
  31. gauge vs gouge
  32. populace vs populous
  33. dependent vs dependant
  34. partly vs partially
  35. high vs tall
  36. unsatisfied vs dissatisfied
  37. waver vs waiver
  38. minimum vs minimal
  39. guarantee vs guaranty
  40. descendant vs descendent
  41. appraise vs apprise
  42. compliment vs complement
  43. dose vs dosage
  44. quote vs quotation
  45. faraway vs far away
  46. especially vs specially
  47. doze vs dose
  48. slither vs sliver
  49. continual vs continuous
  50. grudgingly vs begrudgingly
  51. myth vs legend
  52. born (out) of vs borne out
  53. humus vs hummus/houmous
  54. tack vs tact
  55. peace of mind vs piece of one’s mind
  56. amid/amidst vs among/amongst
  57. team vs teem
  58. founder vs flounder
  59. imply vs infer
  60. sheer vs shear
  61. historic vs historical
  62. Segway vs segue
  63. capital vs capitol
  64. council vs counsel
  65. canvas vs canvass
  66. mantle vs mantel
  67. classic vs classical
  68. bail vs bale
  69. leech vs leach
  70. swath vs swathe
  71. faze vs phase
  72. kerb vs curb
  73. orient vs orientate
  74. ordinance vs ordnance
  75. biannual vs biennial
  76. rout vs route
  77. pore over vs pour over
  78. bear vs bare
  79. me vs myself
  80. illusive vs elusive
  81. wiggle vs wriggle
  82. tousle vs tussle
  83. draft vs draught
  84. purposely vs purposefully
  85. instinctive vs instinctual
  86. duel vs dual
  87. tortuous vs torturous
  88. copyright vs copywrite
  89. prophecy vs prophesy
  90. annexe vs annex
  91. furore vs furor
  92. die (dying) vs dye (dyeing)
  93. misconception vs misperception
  94. immune to vs immune from
  95. reflective vs reflexive
  96. trail off vs tail off
  97. callus vs callous
  98. choice vs option
  99. alter vs altar
  100. per cent/percent vs percentage

Tricky Quickies 2

Tricky Quickies 2: 200+ easily confused English words and phrases by Debbie Emmitt
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  1. passed vs past
  2. onto vs on to
  3. circle vs encircle
  4. overlook vs oversee
  5. literally vs figuratively
  6. faun vs fawn
  7. fir vs fur
  8. marinade vs marinate
  9. tend vs tend to
  10. referential vs reverential
  11. splutter vs sputter
  12. corporal vs corporeal
  13. crevasse vs crevice
  14. extravert vs extrovert
  15. wander vs wonder
  16. prostate vs prostrate
  17. evoke vs invoke
  18. berth vs birth
  19. magnate vs magnet
  20. perspective vs prospective
  21. faint vs feint
  22. affect vs effect
  23. nevertheless vs nonetheless
  24. straight vs strait
  25. assume vs presume
  26. anymore vs any more
  27. cymbal vs symbol
  28. gamble vs gambol
  29. optimal vs optimum
  30. cue vs queue
  31. breath vs breathe
  32. gold vs golden
  33. chord vs cord
  34. axel vs axle
  35. brake vs break
  36. rebut vs refute
  37. stationary vs stationery
  38. gaff vs gaffe
  39. speciality vs specialty
  40. sew vs sow
  41. swat vs swot
  42. adverse vs averse
  43. track vs tract (not yet on YouTube from here)
  44. hark back vs harp on
  45. quash vs squash
  46. less vs fewer
  47. eldest vs oldest
  48. underwater vs under water
  49. troop vs troupe
  50. suit vs suite
  51. prevaricate vs procrastinate
  52. graphic vs graphical
  53. phew vs whew
  54. baton vs batten
  55. palette vs palet (and palate)
  56. addicting vs addictive
  57. annex/annexe vs appendix
  58. empathy vs sympathy
  59. comedic vs comic
  60. authoritarian vs authoritative
  61. advance vs advancement
  62. reign vs rein
  63. business vs busyness
  64. confidant(e) vs confident
  65. uncharted vs unchartered
  66. shined vs shone
  67. careen vs career
  68. another think coming vs another thing coming
  69. spatter vs splatter
  70. technical vs technological
  71. tee shirt vs T-shirt
  72. genteel vs gentile
  73. pixelated vs pixilated
  74. margarita vs margherita
  75. emotional vs emotive
  76. emblaze vs emblazon
  77. chilli vs chili
  78. learned vs learnt
  79. decent vs descent
  80. lightening vs lightning
  81. pedal vs peddle
  82. sleight vs slight
  83. all right vs alright
  84. arctic vs artic
  85. poisonous vs venomous
  86. burned vs burnt
  87. visit vs visitation
  88. right or rite
  89. amount vs number
  90. home in vs hone in
  91. labyrinth vs maze
  92. whiskey vs whisky
  93. courtesy vs curtsy
  94. amend vs amendment
  95. informant vs informer
  96. loose vs lose
  97. fact vs factoid
  98. arc vs arch
  99. around vs round
  100. fictional vs fictitious

Remember, if you have a question about a confusing word pair that isn’t in this list, let me know! You might see it in a future edition of Tricky Quickies!