Never confuse art with life.
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Confuse
/kənˈfjuːz/
Synonyms for "confuse" (307 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (62)
Strong matches (92)
Verb(28 words)
buffaloedbuffaloingbumfuzzlecloudedcomplicatecomplicatesconfuddleconfuzzlecreate disarraydazzlederangesdisarrangesdiscombobulatesdisconcertsdishevellingdisorganize plansdisorganize volunteersdisorientsdumbfoundeludes
Noun(11 words)
buffaloschaosescloudingclutterconfoundsdazingdisarraydisorder the plandisorganize recordsdisorientingflustering
Adjective(6 words)
Related words (153)
Noun(28 words)
foul upfuddlefumblefussfuzzgarblegetimplicateinvolvejumblejumble togetherknock galley-westknotlouse upmake uncertainmazemessmess upmiscolormisdeem
Show 59 more words
misguidemisidentifymisleadmisrepresentmistmixmix upmizzlemoidermortifymuck upmuddlemuddymullmystifynonplusobfuscateobscureoverlook distinctionsoverwhelmperplexperturbpervertpiplay hob withposepotherput outpuzzleraise hellramifyrattleravelrifflerufflescramblescrew upshakeshameshattershufflesnafusnarlsnarl upstumbletanglethrowthrow into confusionthrow offthrow outtumbletwistunformunsettleunshapeupsetwarpwrenchwrest
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
More specific
9 entriesCollocations
5 entriesconfuse cause and effectconfuse factsconfuse instructionsconfuse studentsconfuse the issue
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriessimilar
15 entriesTranslations
52 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
2 entries- أَرْبَكَ verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- حَيَّرَ verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Azerbaijani
3 entries- karıxdırmaq verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- çaş-baş etmək verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- çaşdırmaq verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Bulgarian
2 entries- обърквам verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- смущавам verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Catalan
1 entries- confondre verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 讓……困惑 /让……困惑 verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Czech
1 entries- zmást verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Danish
1 entries- forvirre verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Dutch
3 entries- in de war brengen verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- verbijsteren verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- verwarren verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Esperanto
1 entries- konfuzi verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Finnish
3 entries- hämätä verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- saada ymmälleen verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- sekoittaa verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
French
4 entries- confondre verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- confuser verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- confusionner verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- rendre perplexe verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Georgian
1 entries- დაბნევა verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
German
2 entries- konfundieren verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- verwirren verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Greek
2 entries- μπερδεύω verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- σαστίζω verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Hebrew
1 entries- בלבל verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Hungarian
1 entries- összezavar verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Italian
1 entries- confondere verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Japanese
1 entries- 混乱させる verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Korean
1 entries- 혼란시키다 verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Macedonian
1 entries- буни verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Māori
2 entries- whakapōkīkī verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- whakapōraru verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Norwegian
1 entries- forvirre verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Old English
1 entries- dwilman verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Polish
1 entries- zmieszać verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Portuguese
1 entries- confundir verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Quechua
1 entries- arwiy verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Romanian
1 entries- încurca verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Russian
2 entries- запу́тать verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- пу́тать verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- cuir tro-chèile verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Sikkimese
1 entries- དཀྲུགས verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Spanish
4 entries- barahustar verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- barajustar verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- baraustar verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- confundir verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Swedish
2 entries- förvirra verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
- förväxla verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Yiddish
1 entries- צעמישן verb (to puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder somebody)
Sample sentences
20 total sentences available.
Never confuse opinions with facts.
Source: tatoeba (28226)
These answers confuse cause with consequence.
Source: tatoeba (55258)
Don't confuse Austria with Australia.
Source: tatoeba (65137)
Showing 4 of 20 available sentences.