A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
- American Indian vs Native American
- Either vs neither
- Famous, infamous and notorious
- Gross vs net
- If need be or if needs be
- In a New York Minute
- Knap vs nap
- Knave vs nave
- Knew vs new
- Knickers vs nickers
- Knight vs night
- Knit vs nit
- Knot, nought, naught or not
- Know vs no
- Mad as a hatter
- Malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance
- Meme
- Namby-pamby
- NamesakeIn the U.S., it's either something named after someone or someone after whom something is named. In British English, it's someone who shares a name with someone else.
- Nano-
- Nary anot one.
- Nascent
- Nativity
- Naught vs. noughtNought: zero. Naught: nothing.
- Nauseating vs. nauseousNauseous now means experiencing nausea.
- Naval vs. navelNaval: having to do with ships, shipping, and the navy. Navel: 1. the belly button; 2. a navel orange.
- Navel-gazing
- Ne'er-do-well
- Neandertal vs. neanderthalNeanderthal is the more common spelling, in and out of science.
- Nebbisha weak-willed or feckless person.
- Nebula vs nebulous
- Necessity is the mother of invention
- Neck and neckso close that the leader is indeterminable.
- Necropsy and autopsy
- Necrosis
- Need vs knead
- Needle vs nettle
- Nefarious
- Negative prefixes
- Neighbor vs. neighbourneighbor in the U.S.; neighbour everywhere else.
- Nemesis
- Neologism
- Nepotism
- Nerd, dork or geek
- Nest egg
- Net neutrality
- Neutralise vs neutralize
- Never mind vs nevermind
- New vs gnu
- Newfanglednew and perhaps needlessly modern.
- News
- Nib vs nub
- Nice vs gneiss
- Nickle-and-dime
- Nickname
- Nicks vs nix
- Niggle
- Night owl or early bird
- Nimby, nimbyismsomeone who objects to having something in his or her own neighborhood but doesn't necessarily object to it elsewhere.
- NimrodTraditionally, a nimrod is a tyrant or a hunter. But in recent U.S. usage, a nimrod is a foolish person.
- Nip in the budto stop a potential problem before it develops.
- Nitpick
- Nitpick
- Nitty-gritty
- No good deed goes unpunished
- No harm no foul
- No holds barred
- No ifs, ands, or buts
- No love lost
- No man is an island
- No man's land
- No one vs. noone (vs. no-one)The hyphenated form is somewhat common outside North America, but the two-word, unhyphenated form prevails everywhere.
- No pain, no gain vs no pain, no game
- No-brainer
- Noble vs ignoble
- Noblesse oblige
- Nock vs knock
- Nocturnal vs diurnal
- Noel or nowel
- Noisome vs noisy
- Nomenclature
- Non sequitura statement that doesn't logically follow what preceded it.
- None are or none is
- Nonfinite verbs
- Nonplussed1. at a loss of what to think; 2. bewildered.
- Nonprofit vs. not-for-profit (vs. non-profit)nonprofit in North America; non-profit outside North America; not-for-profit increasingly everywhere.
- Nonstarter
- Normalcy vs. normalityThey are variants of each other, though normalcy is considered inferior.
- Nosy Parker
- Not all it's cracked up to be
- Not by a long shot and not by a long chalk
- Not hardlyIt means the same as hardly.
- Not one’s cup of tea
- Not playing with a full deck
- Not un-It sometimes bears removal, but it can also be useful.
- Not worth a plugged nickel and not worth a plug nickel
- Nothing to sneeze at and not to be sneezed at
- Notwithstandingin spite of.
- Nouns
- Nouns as adjectives
- Nowadays, anymore, or any more
- Noxious vs obnoxious
- Nullify
- Number vs numeral
- Numerals
- Numinous vs luminous
- Nun vs none
- NunchucksIn 21st-century English, it is preferred over the many alternatives.
- Nutriment or nutrition
- Off the record vs not for attribution
- Patriotism vs nationalism
- Placebo vs nocebo
- Pleather and Naugahyde
- Privatization vs nationalization
- Serviette or napkin
- Shake one's head vs nod one's head
- Six ways from Sunday
- Stat vs now
- To the nines
- Tussie-mussie vs nosegay