A320 captain reported a communication breakdown with ATC in regard to route clearance.

Attributes
ACN	1565078
Time
Date	201807
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

I am not sure if the original controller actually meant to send us direct to zzzzz or to ZZZZZ1 but I believe having the controller spell it and confirm the fix when there are two very similar sounding on a flight plan would help.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain reported a communication breakdown with ATC in regard to route clearance.

Narrative: I am not sure if the original controller actually meant to send us direct to ZZZZZ or to ZZZZZ1 but I believe having the controller spell it and confirm the fix when there are two very similar sounding on a flight plan would help.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.