Standard Lemma guide

mistakable

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • /mɪˈsteɪkəbəl/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Possible to be mistaken or misunderstood.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective satellite

Meaning 2

so similar as to be easily identified for another thing

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • potentially confusable senses of words
  • easily mistakable signals

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: confusable

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English mistake 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 mistakable From mistake + -able.

Across languages

Translations

5 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • German: missverständlich — possible to be mistaken or misunderstood
  • German: verwirrend — possible to be mistaken or misunderstood
  • Greek: παρεξηγήσιμος (parexigísimos) — possible to be mistaken or misunderstood
  • Hungarian: félreérthető — possible to be mistaken or misunderstood
  • Japanese: 紛らわしい (magirawashii) — possible to be mistaken or misunderstood