confusion

Other forms of confusion

plural

confusions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about confusion

What does confusion mean?

confusion means "disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in confusion?

confusion has 3 syllables: con-fu-sion. The stress falls on "fu". In IPA it is /kənˈfjuʒən/.

What is another word for confusion?

Close synonyms include mental confusion, confusedness, muddiness, disarray, discombobulation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is confusion a common word?

confusion is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with confusion?

6 words rhyme with confusion. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.