# confused

> English word · Verb · IPA /kənˈfjuːzd/ · frequency rank #3,157

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of confuse

## Etymology
Originally from Middle English confused (“frustrated, ruined”), from Anglo-Norman confus + Middle English -ed (past participial suffix), from Latin cōnfūsus, past participle of cōnfundō; now equivalent to confuse (a back-formation) + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **consumed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confused-vs-consumed)
- **confuse** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confuse-vs-confused)
- **confined** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confined-vs-confused)
- **confided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confided-vs-confused)
- **confessed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/confessed-vs-confused)

## Common misspellings (12)
`cconfused`, `cnofused`, `cofnused`, `conffused`, `confsued`, `confuesd`, `confusde`, `confusedd`, `confussed`, `connfused`, `conufsed`, `ocnfused`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/confused