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confoundable

confoundable adjective: that can be confounded.

Adjective

confoundable (not comparable)

  1. That can be confounded
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Origin of confoundable

From confound + -able.

Words formed from confoundable

Questions about confoundable

What does confoundable mean?
Confoundable means that can be confounded.
What part of speech is confoundable?
Confoundable is an adjective.

Words near confoundable in the dictionary

  1. conforms
  2. Conforti
  3. Confortis
  4. confound
  5. confound it
  6. confoundable
  7. confoundation
  8. confoundations
  9. confounded
  10. confoundedly
  11. confoundedness

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