___, not to be confused with ___

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A pretty simple game. You post one word, and then say it is not to be confused with another similar-sounding world.
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Ninjin (carrot), not to be confused with ningen (spirit).

Effect, not to be confused with Affect.

stalactite, not to be confused with Stalagmites in a cave

Narita (Airport), not to be confused with Naruto.

Light (illumination), not to be confused with light (not heavy).

As a side note, I can't imagine how painful it must be to learn English as a second language...

Mario, not to be confused with Maria.

immersion, not to be confused with emerging.

Burro, not to be confused with borough, not to be confused with burrow

Two, not to be confused with too, nor to be confused with to.

Emily, not to be confused with the many other girls/women named Emily.

Wait...are pronouns allowed?

schießen (to shoot), not to be confused with scheißen (to s**t). A program about the Holocaust made this mistake and had me in stitches.

Emigrate, not to be confused with immigrate.

Inhuman, not to be confused with inhumane.

"Pujols," not to be confused with "poo-holes."

Comments, not to be confused with commence.

Dike, not to be confused with d**e. (not intended to offend - I have actually seen official documents make the misspelling)

Pier, not to be confused with peer.

Die (polyhedrals you roll to make saves, etc.), not to be confused with die (to be deceased) or dye (would confuse many a gamer if this occurred).

"Khorne," not to be confused with corn.

Dessert, not to be confused with desert

Whose, not to be confused with, who's

Precede, not to be confused with proceed

Brouhaha, not to be confused with ooh-la-la.

EN-trance (door) not to be confused with en-TRANCE (hypnotise).

I giggle going into supermarkets a lot.

Message, not to be confused with massage.

Men, not to be confused with man.

Women, not to be confused with woman.

Loose, not to be confused with lose