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confusable

American  
[kuhn-fyoo-zuh-buhl] / kənˈfyu zə bəl /

adjective

  1. easily confused.

    Letters with similar shapes are confusable.


noun

  1. a word or phrase that is likely to be confused with another, as immanent , whose meaning is often confused with imminent .

Etymology

Origin of confusable

First recorded in 1860–65; confuse ( def. ) + -able ( def. )

Example Sentences

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But short, one syllable, commands, so “laugh” being one of them, are easily confusable with other things.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2018

It seems like whether these specimens are tyrannosauroids or carcharodontasaurians is kind of a big deal… should they really be so easily confusable, particularly with such well preserved specimens?

From Scientific American • Apr. 5, 2012