To those who don't have english as their first language

When I was small I faced some big difficulties to remember those words
Which sounds the same but have different spelling
Even now my vocabulary is not really strong
Irsyjust manageable 🤦‍♀️

It’s my first language but sometimes I’ll use some expressions I heard from my grandmother, who grew up speaking Yiddish. For instance, to “hot up” leftovers, instead of “heat up”.

Exactly that. I always must think what is the freezer called because I automatically want to use the word fridge.
I'm sure there are others too but I don't remember.

There are also many words I come across but still don't know the meaning because I didn't care to look it up or if I did, I forgot. They're words that you can find in music bands' names, business names or people's usernames. Like evanescence, lugubrious, paramount, efflorescence...

Cousin and nephew/niece. They are both neef/nicht in Dutch. I've looked up the difference many times, but it just doesn't stick.

It is my first language, but I've picked up sayings from my mum. Open the light. Shut the light. It's literal translations. There's a few words I'll say in Greek Cypriot first too, just because I forget the English.

I don't get words confused often, but I remember once confusing "bank" and "bench" since in German "Bank" can mean both.