confuse: meaning and words from its letters
7 letters · 12 letter points · starts with C · ends with E
Meaning of confuse
verb
- transitive
To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.
Example: It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
- transitive
To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
Example: People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
- transitive
To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
Example: The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
- intransitive
To be confused.
Listed forms: confuses, confusing, confused.
Source: Wiktionary — confuse.
adj
- obsolete
Synonym of confused.
Source: Wiktionary — confuse.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for confuse.
verb
mistake one thing for another
verb
be confusing or perplexing to; cause to be unable to think clearly
verb
cause to feel embarrassment
- flurry
- disconcert
- put off
verb
assemble without order or sense
- jumble
- mix up
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is confuse in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of confuse
C(3) + O(1) + N(1) + F(4) + U(1) + S(1) + E(1) = 12 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of confuse
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from confuse
57 shorter standard-list words can be made using no letter more often than it occurs in confuse. Showing up to 24, longest first.