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confusable

confusable adjective: able to be confused.

Adjective

confusable (comparative more confusable, superlative most confusable)

  1. Able to be confused.

Noun

confusable (plural confusables)

  1. A word or phrase that is easily confused with another.
  2. (Unicode) A single character that is easily confused with another, used in phishing attacks.
    • Near-synonym: homoglyph
    Synonyms:
    homoglyph

Synonyms of confusable

Forms of confusable

Adjective
comparativemore confusable
superlativemost confusable
alternative formconfusible
Noun
pluralconfusables

Origin of confusable

From confuse + -able.

Words formed from confusable

Questions about confusable

What does confusable mean?
Confusable means able to be confused.
What part of speech is confusable?
Confusable can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near confusable in the dictionary

  1. confurcated
  2. confurcates
  3. confurcating
  4. confurcation
  5. confusability
  6. confusable
  7. confusables
  8. confusably
  9. confuscate
  10. confuscated
  11. confuscates

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