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confusable

adjective

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Wiktionary

adj

Etymology: Etymology tree English confuse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English confusable From confuse + -able.

  1. Able to be confused.

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree English confuse Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English confusable From confuse + -able.

  1. A word or phrase that is easily confused with another.
  2. A single character that is easily confused with another, used in phishing attacks.

    Near-synonym: homoglyph