People I get or used to get confused (feel free to suggest more)

• Anita Baker and Josephine Baker
• Rex Reed and Ralph Reed
• Neil Diamond, Neil Simon and Paul Simon
• Mary Queen of Scots and Mary Tudor
• Anna Paquin, Natalie Portman and Julia Stiles
• Julia Stiles and Claire Danes
• Ted Demme and Tony Scott
• William Wyler and Billy Wilder
• Joaquin Phoenix, Mark Ruffalo and Rufus Sewell
• Warwick Davis and Kenny Baker
• Chloë Sevigny and Scarlett Johansson
• Dave Eggers and David Sedaris
• Daniel Clowes and Chris Ware
• T.E. and D.H. Lawrence
• Luis Bunuel and Bernardo Bertolucci
• Takashi Miike and Takeshi Kitano
• Boy George and George Michael
• John Hughes, John Landis and Harold Ramis
• Aesthetics and Ascetics
• Madame Butterfly and M. Butterfly
• Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer
• Todd Field and Todd Haynes

words I don't know what mean

Or, more specificially, I think they mean something else.

• praetorian
• tyro
• idyllic

Words I Don't Know How To Spell

• separate
• embarrassing
• impossible
• vicious
• paraphernalia
• weird
• cinnamon
• whether
• questionnaire
• liaison
• labeled

words I can't pronounce

• refulgence
• ululation
• bilious
• water
• Joan Miro
• Cthulhu
• quinoa
• surfeit
• lagniappe
• profiterole
• Pliny
• Aguirre
• proboscis
• ascetic
• oenophile
• Haight-Ashbury
• mauve