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
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- Rabble-rouser
- Rack one’s brain
- Rack vs. wrack
- Racket vs. racquet
- Raconteur
- Radical
- Radical vs radicle
- Rah vs raw
- Rail vs rale
- Rain, reign and rein
- Raining cats and dogs
- Raise Cain
- Raise one’s hackles and get one’s hackles up
- Raise the bar
- Raise vs rays
- Raise vs raze
- Raise vs rise
- Raison d’etre
- Rake over the coals and haul over the coals
- Rambunctious
- Ramrod straight and ramrod through
- Ramshackle
- Rancor vs. rancour
- Random act of kindness
- Randomize vs randomise
- Rank and file
- Rap on the knuckles
- Rappel vs. repel
- Rapt vs. wrapt
- Raring to Go – Meaning and Origin
- Rat race
- Rational or rationale
- Ravaging vs. ravishing
- Raven vs ravenous
- Razzle-dazzle and razzmatazz
- Razzmatazz or razzamatazz
- Re-create vs. recreate
- Reactionary vs. reactive
- Read between the lines
- Read the riot act
- Read the room
- Read vs read
- Real-time vs. Real Time
- Realise vs. realize
- Realty vs reality
- Reappropriate
- Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
- Rebel vs rebel
- Rebuke vs refute
- Rebus
- Rebut vs refute
- Recant vs recount
- Recede vs reseed
- Receipt vs recipe
- Recent vs. resent
- Recognize vs recognise
- Reconnoiter
- Record vs record
- Recur vs. reoccur
- Recuse vs excuse
- Red carpet
- Red flag
- Red herring
- Red tape
- Red vs read
- Red-letter day
- Redact vs retract
- Redneck vs hick vs hillbilly
- Redoubt
- Redress vs readdress
- Reed vs read
- Reef vs wreath
- Reek vs wreak
- Referendum
- Reforested wood
- Refugee vs immigrant
- Refuse vs refuse
- Regard vs. regards
- Regime vs. regimen
- Regimen vs regiment
- Regrettable vs. regretful
- Regulate vs relegate
- Reindeer or caribou
- Reinvent the wheel
- Relevance vs. relevancy
- Reluctant vs reticent
- Remunerate vs. renumerate
- Renascence and renaissance
- Rend or rent
- Renege vs rescind
- Repair vs reparation
- Repeal vs repeel
- Repel vs. repulse
- Repertoire or repertory
- Repetition vs repetitiveness
- Repetitive vs redundant
- Represent vs represent
- Repudiate and refudiate
- Repudiate vs refute
- Repugnant vs pungent
- Repute vs refute
- Reputedly vs reportedly
- Requiem
- Resemble vs reassemble
- Resent vs resent
- Resign vs re-sign
- Resilience vs. resiliency
- Resister vs resistor
- Resolve vs solve
- Respective, respectively
- Rest on one’s laurels
- Rest vs wrest
- Restaurateur vs. restauranteur
- Restitution vs retribution
- Restive
- Restrictive and nonrestrictive
- Retard
- Retch vs. wretch
- Retcon
- Retrograde vs anterograde or antegrade
- Retronym
- Retrospect vs introspect
- Reverent vs reverend
- Review vs. revue
- Rhetorical question
- Rhyme or reason
- Rhyme vs rime
- Ridded
- Ride on someone’s coattails and coattail effect
- Ride roughshod and run roughshod
- Ride shotgun and call shotgun
- Rife vs. ripe
- Riff vs. rift
- Riffle vs rifle
- Riffraff
- Riffraff vs riprap
- Right off the bat
- Right, rite or write
- Right-of-way
- Right-side up
- Righten
- Rigmarole
- Rigor mortis
- Ring vs. wring
- Ringleader
- Rings a bell
- Rip-off or rip off
- Riposte vs repost
- Riptide, rip current or undertow
- Rise Like A Phoenix From The Ashes
- Risky vs risqué
- Rivaled/rivaling vs. rivalled/rivalling
- Road hog
- Road kill or roadkill
- Road rage
- Road rash and gravel rash
- Road vs rode
- Roam vs Rome
- Rob Peter to pay Paul
- Robot, android or droid
- Rock ‘n’ roll, rock and roll, rock’n’roll, etc.
- Rock the boat
- Rogue vs. rouge
- Roil vs royal
- Role vs. roll
- Roll up one’s sleeves
- Rollout vs. roll out
- Rollover vs. roll over
- Roman-à-clef
- Rood vs rude
- Roofs vs. rooves
- Rookie
- Roommate, room mate or room-mate
- Root vs. route vs. rout
- Rose-colored glasses
- Rot vs wrought
- Rotate or revolve
- Rotund vs rotunda
- Round robin
- Rouse vs rows
- Roux, rue or roué
- Row vs row
- Rows vs rose
- Royal “we”
- RSVP
- Rub someone the wrong way and rub someone up the wrong way
- Rub someone’s nose in it
- Rubberneck
- Rubenesque
- Rude vs rued
- Ruff vs rough
- Ruffle someone’s feathers
- Rule of thumb
- Rummy
- Rumor vs roomer
- Rumor vs. rumour
- Run it up the flagpole
- Run of the mill and run-of-the-mill
- Run out the clock
- Run rings around someone and run circles around someone
- Run the gamut vs run the gauntlet
- Run-on sentences
- Runaway vs. run away
- Rung vs wrung
- Running on empty and running on fumes
- Rye vs wry
- Résumé
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- A rolling stone gathers no moss
- Absolve vs resolve
- Apprehensive vs reprehensive
- Arise or rise
- As right as rain
- Award vs reward
- Blow hot and cold
- Capitulate vs recapitulate
- Delegate vs relegate
- Duplicate vs replicate
- Feckless vs reckless
- Go to seed
- I rest my case
- Malware vs ransomware
- On your mark, get set, go! and ready, set, go!
- Spite vs respite
- Take the high road
- The road less traveled
- The road to hell is paved with good intentions
- Urban, suburban and rural
- With all due respect
- Wrath vs rath
- Wreck vs reck
- Wrote vs rote