Definition of Confusable

1. Adjective. So similar as to be easily identified for another thing. "Easily mistakable signals"

Exact synonyms: Mistakable
Similar to: Similar

Definition of Confusable

1. a. Capable of being confused.

Definition of Confusable

1. Adjective. Able to be confused. ¹

2. Noun. A word or phrase that is easily confused with another ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confusable

confrontations
confrontative
confronted
confronter
confronters
confronting
confrontment
confrontments
confronts
confronté
confs
confuciusornithid
confuddle
confuddled
confusability
confusable (current term)
confusables
confusably
confuscate
confuscated
confuscates
confuscating
confuse
confused
confused flour beetle
confused flour beetles
confusedly
confusedness
confusednesses
confuses

Literary usage of Confusable

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Johannine Grammar by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1906)
"437-9 ; imp. près, confusable w. indie. 439 (ii), with interrog. ... 238-44; confusable w. im- perat. 193, 194 c, 439 (¡i-iii), 760; compared w. t»o and ..."

2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"... and it is therefore by no means confusable with bare physical appearance.1' These are Brentano's views of the subject-matter of psychology. ..."

3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1910)
"... the first close to the margin and somewhat confusable with the cilia at the margin but the second is shorter and is distinctly separated from the margin ..."

4. Deficiencies in Reading Ability: Their Diagnosis and Remedies by Clarence Truman Gray (1922)
"The letter suggested is totally foreign to our Roman alphabet, and, very possibly, would be confusable with b and h as y is with p. ..."

5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"And then throw it out, nevertheless; for the scientific reason that it would be forever confusable with the similar-seeming words with which, ..."

6. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"... partly because learning, so easily confusable with occult practices, was in fact largely in their hands; partly because .the luxurious life of many of ..."

7. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The Four Elements is of the kind nearest to a Morality, and indeed almost confusable with that. The characters are the Messenger (showing traces of classi- ..."

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