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Definition of Confusable
1. Adjective. So similar as to be easily identified for another thing. "Easily mistakable signals"
Definition of Confusable
1. a. Capable of being confused.
Definition of Confusable
1. Adjective. Able to be confused. ¹
2. Noun. A word or phrase that is easily confused with another ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confusable
Literary usage of Confusable
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Johannine Grammar by Edwin Abbott Abbott (1906)
"437-9 ; imp. près, confusable w. indie. 439 (ii), with interrog. ... 238-44;
confusable w. im- perat. 193, 194 c, 439 (¡i-iii), 760; compared w. t»o and ..."
2. The American Journal of Psychology by Edward Bradford ( Titchener, Granville Stanley Hall (1921)
"... and it is therefore by no means confusable with bare physical appearance.1'
These are Brentano's views of the subject-matter of psychology. ..."
3. Journal of the New York Entomological Society by New York Entomological Society (1910)
"... the first close to the margin and somewhat confusable with the cilia at the
margin but the second is shorter and is distinctly separated from the margin ..."
4. Deficiencies in Reading Ability: Their Diagnosis and Remedies by Clarence Truman Gray (1922)
"The letter suggested is totally foreign to our Roman alphabet, and, very possibly,
would be confusable with b and h as y is with p. ..."
5. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1916)
"And then throw it out, nevertheless; for the scientific reason that it would be
forever confusable with the similar-seeming words with which, ..."
6. The Journal of American Folk-lore by American Folklore Society (1920)
"... partly because learning, so easily confusable with occult practices, was in
fact largely in their hands; partly because .the luxurious life of many of ..."
7. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The Four Elements is of the kind nearest to a Morality, and indeed almost confusable
with that. The characters are the Messenger (showing traces of classi- ..."
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