Definitions
mistake one thing for another
Word origin
Back-formation from confused, from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus, from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō.
Used in a sentence
“It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.”
“"What confuses me is how other insurance companies knew about it," said Zhang, a 26-year-old government employee from Shandong.”
“People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Make unclear”7 letters
02“Mix up”7 letters
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