Some words can become different parts of speech by changing their endings or their placement in the sentence. The forms of these words look almost the same but depending on which part of speech they are, their spelling may change. Some words use the same spelling for different forms of the word, but depending on how it is used in the sentence, it can mean different things.
Here is a list of words, their possible endings, and their part of speech.
| Verb | Noun (thing) | Noun (person) | Adjective | Adverb |
| abolish | abolition | abolitionist | abolitionary | |
| abridge | abridgement | abridger | abridged | |
| absorb | absorption | absorbent, absorbable | absorbingly | |
| accelerate | acceleration, accelerator | accelerative | ||
| accommodate | accommodation | accommodating | accommodatingly | |
| acquaint | acquaintanceship | acquaintance | acquainted | |
| acquire | acquisition | acquisitive, acquirable | acquisitively | |
| adapt | adaptation | adapter | adaptable | |
| adversity | adverse | adversely | ||
| alert | alert | alert | ||
| alter | altered, alterable | alterably | ||
| alternate | alternation, alternative | alternatively | ||
| ambiguity | ambiguous | ambiguously | ||
| analogy | analogous | analogously | ||
| analyze | analysis | analyst | analytical | analytically |
| annotate | annotation | annotated | ||
| anonymity | anonym | anonymous | anonymously | |
| antagonize | antagonism | antagonist | antagonistic | antagonistically |
| anthropology | anthropologist | anthropologic, anthropological | anthropologically | |
| apprehension | apprehensive | apprehensively | ||
| anxiety | anxious | anxiously | ||
| assimilate | assimilation | |||
| assume | assumption | |||
| active | activation | active | actively | |
| abruptness | abrupt | abruptly | ||
| ban | ban | banned | ||
| bear | bearable | bearably | ||
| bewilder | bewilderment | bewildering, bewildered | bewilderedly, bewilderingly |
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| bind | binding | |||
| breathe | breather, breathing | breathable | ||
| bribe | bribery | |||
| categorize | category | categorical | categorically | |
| classify | classifier, classification | classifiable | ||
| condemn | condemnation | condemned | ||
| consume | consumption | consumer | ||
| crave | craving | |||
| cultivate | cultivation | cultivated | ||
| deter | deterrent | |||
| emerge | emergence | emergent | ||
| emigrate | emigration | emigrant | ||
| enhance | enhancement | |||
| exhilarate | exhilaration | exhilarated/ exhilarating | ||
| expend | expenditure | expendable | ||
| facilitate | facility | facilitator | ||
| formulate | formula | |||
| fundamental | fundamentalist | fundamental | fundamentally | |
| hazard | hazardous | hazardously | ||
| imply | implication | |||
| impropriety | improper | improperly | ||
| infatuation | infatuated/ infatuating | |||
| infect | infection | infected, infectious | infectiously | |
| influence | influence | influential | influentially | |
| intensify | intensive | intensively | ||
| intervene | intervention | |||
| intimacy | intimate | intimately | ||
| intuition | intuitive | intuitively | ||
| invert | inversion | inverse | inversely | |
| irritate | irritation | irritating/ irritated | ||
| maneuver | maneuver, maneuverability | maneuverable | ||
| manipulate | manipulation | |||
| matriarchy | matriarch | matriarchal | ||
| mediate | mediation | mediator | ||
| mediocrity | mediocre | |||
| miracle | miraculous | miraculously | ||
| modesty | modest | modestly | ||
| mutual | mutually | |||
| offend | offense | offender | offensive | offensively |
| overwhelm | overwhelming | overwhelmingly | ||
| participate | participation | participant | ||
| penetrate | penetration | penetrating | penetratingly | |
| pollute | pollution | polluted | ||
| potential | potential | potentially | ||
| precision | precise | precisely | ||
| predict | prediction, predictability | predictor | predictable | predictably |
| predispose | predisposition | |||
| prestige | prestigious | |||
| prevail | prevalence | prevalent | ||
| proportion | proportion | proportional | proportionally | |
| provoke | provocation | provocative | provocatively | |
| pursue | pursuit | |||
| reflect | reflection, reflector | reflective | reflectively | |
| retract | retraction | retractable | ||
| retain | retention | retentive | ||
| transform | transformation | |||
| validity | valid | |||
| vocation | vocational | vocationally | ||
| warrant | warranty | warranted |
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