confusable

confusable

English

Etymology

Etymology tree
English confuse
Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom
Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis
Proto-Italic *-ðlis
Latin -bilis
Latin -ābilis
Old French -ablebor.
Middle English -able
English -able
English confusable

    From confuse + -able.

    Adjective

    confusable (comparative more confusable, superlative most confusable)

    1. Able to be confused.

    Quotations

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    Derived terms

    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
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