Paronym
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A paronym or paronyme is a word that is related to another word and derives from the same root; a cognate word. The term paronym can also apply to words which are almost homonyms, but have slight differences in spelling and have different meanings. They often lead to confusion.
Examples
- collision and collusion
- conjuncture and conjecture
- dubious and doubtful
- prolepsis and proslepsis