One or more of those titles could have easily triggered a childhood memory of colorful books or fun movies. Dr. Seuss is best known for authoring some of the most fantastical and most enduring children’s books of all time.

Other than confusing grammar, another thing that can cause heated arguments are words with confusing pronunciations.

People say don’t judge a book by its cover, yet we can’t help but do it to words. Sure, context clues are a helpful thing, but nothing beats checking your dictionary before assuming what a word really means. Here are only a few words that probably don’t mean what you think they mean.