Past tense of confuse
regular verb
The past tense of confuse is confused. The past participle is also confused.
Forms of confuse
| Base form (V1) | confuse /kənˈfjuːz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | confused /kənˈfjuːzd/ |
| Present participle | confusing /kənˈfjuːzɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | confuses |
Confused in a sentence
- It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
- The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
- I received an illogical reply and that left me standing there feeling confused.From the entry illogical
- Ragusa's campaign imploded after she confused coal mining with oil drilling during a speech.From the entry implode
- I ran the grammar checker on my novel, but the strange names confused it.From the entry grammar checker
Meaning of confuse
- verb To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.
- verb To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
- verb To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
Questions about the past tense of confuse
- What is the past tense of confuse?
- The past tense of confuse is confused.
- What is the past participle of confuse?
- The past participle of confuse is confused.
- Is confuse a regular or irregular verb?
- Confuse is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confuse (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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