“He tried to steel a car from the lot.”
Confusables Entry 1147 / 1350 60-second read
Steel vs. Steal
The alloy versus to take without permission.
The comparisoni
“He tried to steal a car from the lot.”
The ruleii
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STEEL = alloy. STEAL = take.
STEEL is the iron-and-carbon alloy (or the verb, to brace oneself — steel yourself). STEAL is to take unlawfully.
Memory aidiii
Remember it like this
SteEl = mEtal. StEal = takE.