| 100% | FEWER | 5 | Word often confused with "less" |
| 100% | FEWEST | 6 | Word often confused with "least" |
| 86% | LESS | 4 | Word often confused with "fewer" |
| 86% | LESS | 4 | Word often confused with fewer |
| 86% | LAY | 3 | Word often confused with "lie" |
| 86% | LIE | 3 | Word often confused with "lay" |
| 86% | LEAST | 5 | Word often confused with "fewest" |
| 83% | FEWER | 5 | Word that's often confused with "less" |
| 76% | LAY | 3 | Word often grammatically confused with "lie" |
| 73% | FEWER | 5 | Word sometimes confused with "less" |
| 71% | INFER | 5 | Word that's often confused with "imply" |
| 71% | LESS | 4 | Word that's often confused with "fewer" |
| 71% | SEX | 3 | Word that's often confused with "gender" |
| 62% | DEFICIT | 7 | Often confused with debt; costs exceed revenue |
| 62% | NEEDS | 5 | Things often confused with wants |
| 62% | ECRU | 4 | Shade often confused with cream |
| 62% | SEX | 3 | Term often confused with gender |
| 62% | MOSS | 4 | Plant often confused with algae |
| 62% | FEWER | 5 | Word often misused for less |
| 61% | SORCERER | 8 | Magic practitioner often confused with wizard |
| 61% | SHAVEDICE | 9 | Cold dessert often confused with granita |
| 61% | EMO | 3 | It's often confused with goth |
| 61% | RAT | 3 | Rodent often confused with a mouse |
| 60% | SHREWS | 6 | Mole-like animals often confused with mice |
| 60% | YAM | 3 | Vegetable often confused with a sweet potato |
| 60% | LAY | 3 | Verb that's often confused with "lie" |
| 60% | LIE | 3 | Verb that's often confused with "lay" |
| 60% | HEDGEHOG | 8 | Nocturnal mammal often confused with a porcupine |
| 60% | YAMS | 4 | African tubers often confused with sweet potatoes |
| 60% | MANET | 5 | Painter Édouard often confused with painter Claude |