confuse

About 3.23 uses per million words.

Meaning

verb To puzzle, perplex, baffle, bewilder (somebody); to afflict by being complicated, contradictory, or otherwise difficult to understand.
It confused me when I went to the office and nobody was there, but then I realised it was Sunday.
verb To mix up, muddle up (one thing with another); to mistake (one thing for another).
People who say "hola" to Italians are confusing Italian with Spanish.
verb To mix thoroughly; to confound; to disorder.
The dense fog utterly confused traffic on the highway.
verb To make uneasy and ashamed; to embarrass.
verb To rout; discomfit.
verb To be confused.
adjective Synonym of confused.