barring (obstructing)
bearing (carrying)
born (brought into being)
borne (carried)

breath (noun)
breathe (verb)

capital (a city)
capitol (a building)

canvas (a cloth)
canvass (to solicit)

clothes (garments)
cloths (pieces of cloth)

coarse (not fine)
course (route, method of behavior)

conscious (aware)
conscience (an inner moral sense)

dairy
diary

device (noun)
devise (verb)

desert (a barren country)
dessert (food)

dining room
dinning

disappear
disappoint

disavowal
dissatisfaction
dissimilar
dissipate
dissuade

decent (adjective)
descent (downward slope or motion)
dissent (a disagreement)

dual (adjective)
duel (noun)

formally (in a formal way)
formerly (in time past)

forth
forty
four
fourth

freshman
freshmen (not used as adjective)

gambling (wagering money on games of chance)
gamboling (frisking or leaping with joy)

guard
regard

hear
here

hinder
hindrance

holly (a tree)
holy (hallowed, sacred)
wholly (altogether)

hoping (from _hope_)
hopping

instance (an example)
instants (periods of time)

isle (an island)
aisle (a narrow passage)

its (possessive pronoun)
it's (contraction of _it is_)

Johnson, Samuel
Jonson, Ben

later (comparative of _late_)
latter (the second)

lead (present tense)
led (past tense)

lessen (verb)
lesson (noun)

liable (expresses responsibility or disagreeable probability)
likely (expresses probability)

loose (free, not bound)
lose (to suffer the loss of)

maintain
maintenance

nineteenth
ninetieth
ninety
ninth

past (adjective, adverb, preposition)
passed (verb, past tense)

peace (a state of calm)
piece (a fragment)

perceive
perform
persevere
persuade
purchase
pursue

personal (private, individual)
personnel (the body of persons engaged in some activity)

Philippines
Filipino

plain (clear; adjective)
plain (flat region; noun)
plane (flat; adjective)
plane (geometrical term; noun)