中學英語詞彙基本上都是英語中的常用詞或者說是高頻詞。高考考綱收錄了大約3500單詞。這些詞彙中，有些詞有多種詞性，且不同詞性的讀音不一樣，對中國學生來說，雖然不見得會寫錯，但卻非常容易混淆它們的讀音。
讀音混淆了有什麼後果？一般來說，這種情況大概就像我們平時讀錯或說錯字的結果一樣。在特定語境中出現，聽話的人一般都不會解讀錯誤。不過，這多少反映了個人語言基本功的問題。
下面成對列舉的單詞基本上都是常用詞，且其讀音比較容易混淆，共計680條，值得平時在學習中注意。由於有同形異音詞，所以在這種情況下標記了詞性，以幫助判斷髮音。例如record作為名詞和動詞的發音就不一樣。當名詞時，其重音在第一個音節上；當動詞時，其重音在第二個音節上。
由於數量較多，所以分幾篇展示，以便閱讀。下面各組詞之間的“|”符號是分隔符。兩個分隔符之間的詞在發音上容易被混淆。
eager eagle | east yeast | effect affect | envelope envelop |
except excerpt | expense expanse | eyes ice | face faith | fail fell |
fairly fairy | four fall | fan fang | fat fate | father farther fodder |
feel fill | feet fit | fist feast | five fife | flesh flash |
flower flour floor | foot food | force false | form foam | former formal |
forward foreword | found fond | fox forks folks | full fool | gas guess |
girl gull gill | goal gall | gone gong | good gourd | grandma grammar |
green grin | hail hell | hall hole whole | ham hem | hang hung |
hat hate | head had | heat hit | hill heel heal | his hiss | holy holly
home whom | honour owner | house horse hoarse | human humane |
idea ideal | ill eel | impatient in-patient | imprudent impudent |
increase n. increase v. | insult n. insult v. | invalid n. invalid adj. | just jest |
kill keel | king keen kin | kiss keys | labor label | lake lack |
lane lain laying | land lend | lawn loan lone | lead n. lead v. |
leather ladder | led lad | leg lag | less lass | letter latter later |
life live knife | lightning lightening | line lion lying | little litter |
live leave leaf | liver lever | long lawn | look lock luck |
lose loose loss | man men | many money | mark mock |
marry merry Mary | mask musk | mass mess | met mat |
minute n. minute adj. | mood mode | moral morale | mouth mouse |
much march | must mast | naughty knotty | neck knack | nervous nerves |
night light | none nun non- | not nut naught |
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