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- Wack vs. whack
- Waddle vs. wattle
- Wade vs. Weighed
- Wagon vs. waggon
- Wainscot or chair rail
- Waist vs. waste
- Wait for the other shoe to drop
- Wait vs. Weight
- Waiting in the wings
- Waive vs. wave
- Waiver vs. waver
- Wake up and smell the coffee
- Wake vs awake
- Wake-up call
- Walk vs. Wok
- Walking on eggshells
- Wallflower – Idiom, Meaning & Definition
- Wallop and pack a wallop
- Wander vs. wonder
- Wane, wax
- Wangle vs wrangle
- Wanton vs. wonton
- Ware vs. Wear vs. Where – Difference in Meaning & Spelling
- Warm the cockles of one’s heart
- Warrantee vs. warranty
- Wart vs wort
- Warts and all
- Wary vs. weary
- Wash one’s hands of
- Washed up or all washed up
- Waste not, want not
- Watch the birdie
- Water under the bridge
- Waterloo or meet one’s waterloo
- Watershed moment
- Watt vs what
- Wave the White Flag – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- We’d vs. Weed
- We’ll vs. Wheel
- We’re not in Kansas anymore
- Weak vs. Week
- Weakest Link – Usage, Meaning & Examples
- Wear one’s heart on one’s sleeve
- Wear the trousers and wear the pants
- Weather vs. Whether vs. Wether – What’s the Difference?
- Weaved, wove, woven
- Web site vs. website
- Website vs. web page
- Weekend
- Weekend vs weakened
- Weigh in
- Well-being vs. Wellbeing vs. Well Being
- Well-Heeled – Usage, Origin & Meaning
- Wench vs winch
- Wend vs wind
- Were vs we’re
- Wet behind the ears
- Wet Blanket – Idiom, Origin & Meaning
- Wet one’s whistle
- Wet vs. whet
- Whac-A-Mole
- Whacks vs. Wax
- Whale, Wail or Wale
- What in tarnation
- What Is a White Lie? – Origin & Definition
- What Is The Witching Hour? – Origin & Meaning
- What Is Window Shopping? – Meaning & Examples
- What’s the catch?
- Whatnot or What Not – Usage & Meaning
- Wheal or Weal vs. Wheel
- Wheel and deal
- Wheelhouse
- When All Is Said and Done – Origin & Meaning
- When pigs fly and pigs might fly
- When push comes to shove
- When the chips are down
- When the going gets tough, the tough get going
- Whence vs. from whence
- Where There Is a Will, There’s a Way – Origin & Meaning
- Whereas – Usage & Examples in a Sentence
- Wherewithal
- Whet one’s appetite vs wet one’s appetite
- Which vs. Witch – What’s the difference? (Worksheet Included)
- While away vs. wile away
- While vs. Wile
- Whilst – When & How to Use Correctly
- Whine vs. Wine – Meaning & Spelling
- Whinge
- Whiny, whiney, whinny, Whinney
- Whippersnapper
- Whipping Boy – Origin & Meaning
- Whipsaw
- Whir or Whirr vs. Were
- Whirl v. Whorl
- Whirling dervish
- Whiskey vs. whisky
- Whistle stop and whistle-stop tour
- Whistling past the graveyard
- Whitewash
- Whiz, whizz, wiz
- Who vs. Whom – Usage, Rules & Examples (+ Printable Exercise)
- Who’s Who
- Whoa vs. Woe – Spelling, Meaning & Examples
- Whoever vs. whomever
- Whole ball of wax
- Whole kit and caboodle
- Whole nine yards
- Wholistic and holistic
- Whoop vs. whup
- Whose vs. Who’s – Usage, Difference & Examples
- Wicked vs wicked
- Widow’s peak
- Widow, widower
- Wiki
- Wild goose chase
- Wilful vs. willful
- Will-o’-the-wisp
- Willy-Nilly – Origin & Meaning
- Win-win or lose-lose
- Wind vs. Wind – Heteronyms, Meaning & Definition
- Wing it
- Wink vs. Blink – What’s the Difference?
- Winningest
- Wintery vs wintry
- Wise guy and wiseguy
- Wiseacre
- Wit vs. whit
- Witch hunt
- With all due respect
- With egg on one’s face
- With one’s tail between one’s legs
- Wither vs. whither
- Without Further Ado vs Without Further Adieu
- Wobble vs warble
- Wolf in sheep’s clothing
- Womp womp
- Won vs. One – Homophones & Meaning
- Wonder vs. wonderment
- Wonkish, wonky
- Wont
- Wont vs won’t
- Wont vs. Want – What’s the Difference?
- Wood vs would
- Woolen vs. woollen
- Woolgathering
- Word and Whirred
- Word to the wise
- Word-of-Mouth – Usage, Origin & Meaning
- Work in progress vs work in process
- Work like a charm
- Work wonders and wonder-worker
- Workout vs. work out
- World vs whirled
- Worn or Warn – Homophones, Meaning & Examples
- Worrywart and worryguts
- Worse comes to worst
- Worst vs. Wurst
- Worth one’s salt
- Would have, would’ve or would of
- Would just as soon or assume
- Wound vs wound
- Wrap one’s head around
- Wrath vs. Rath
- Wreak Havoc or Wreaking Havoc – Usage, Meaning & Origin
- Wreak vs wreck
- Wreath vs. wreathe
- Wreck vs. reck
- Wrench and spanner
- Wright vs write
- Writ large
- Write-off vs. write off
- Writer’s block
- Writing numbers
- Wrong side of the tracks
- Wrong vs. wrongly
- Wrote vs rote
- Wunderkind
- WWJD
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- A watched pot never boils
- Awaiting vs. Waiting – What’s the Difference?
- Away vs a way
- Awry vs wry
- Blow the Whistle – Origin & Meaning
- Blowhard and windbag
- Carved in stone, set in stone and written in stone
- Excelsior and wood wool
- Get up on the wrong side of the bed and wake up on the wrong side of the bed
- Go down a treat
- Good vs well
- Hoar vs. Whore
- Holy vs. Wholly vs. Wholey – Difference & Meaning
- If vs whether
- Mop the floor with someone and wipe the floor with someone
- Reef vs wreath
- Reek vs. Wreak
- Rest or Wrest – Meaning & Difference
- Right, Rite or Write
- Rot vs. Wrought
- Rung vs. Wrung
- Rye vs wry
- Stand the test of time
- Start with a clean slate and wipe the slate clean
- The handwriting on the wall or the writing on the wall
- The world is one’s oyster
- The worm has turned
- The worse for wear
- Training wheels vs stabilisers