混こん同どう

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Common wordJLPTN2Freq.FrequencyTop 20,000

混同する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Meanings

confuse; mix up; conflate

Used when someone fails to distinguish two or more things, treating them as the same. Often appears as 混同する or 混同される.

〈事こと〉と〈事こと〉を混こん同どうするto confuse one thing with another
権けん利りと義ぎ務むを混こん同どうしてはいけない。
You must not confuse rights with obligations.
〈事こと〉が混こん同どうされるfor two things to get mixed up (with each other)
似にたような名な前まえの商しょう品ひんがよく混こん同どうされる。
Products with similar names often get mixed up.

取とり違ちがえる
取り違える is a verb meaning to mistake one thing for another, while 混同 is a noun (used with する) describing the general act of conflating two things.
間ま違ちがえるN4
間違える is a general verb for making a mistake of any kind, while 混同 specifically refers to failing to distinguish two separate things.

区く別べつN3
区別 means to correctly distinguish between things, the opposite of 混同, which means to wrongly treat them as the same.
判はん別べつ
混同 means to mix up or confuse two things, the opposite of 判別, which means to correctly tell them apart.

混こん乱らんN3
混乱 describes a state of disorder or chaos, whereas 混同 describes the specific act of mistaking one thing for another.
混こん在ざい
混同 means mistakenly treating two different things as if they were the same (confusion), whereas 混在 just describes different things physically or conceptually coexisting without necessarily being confused.
混こん迷めいN1
混同 means mixing up or conflating two separate things, which is a different concept from 混迷's sense of a situation being stuck in prolonged, directionless chaos, despite sharing the kanji 混.

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混こん雑ざつN3
混同 shares the kanji 混 with 混雑 but means mixing up or confusing two different things, not physical crowding.
混こん沌とん
混同 means to mix up or confuse two distinct things, whereas 混沌 describes a general state of chaotic disorder rather than an act of confusing.

件けんN2
混同 is often counted with 件 when referring to individual cases or instances of confusion.

公こう私し混こん同どう
mixing public and private affairs; blurring work and personal matters

Sino-Japanese compound of 混 (mix, blend) and 同 (same, identical), literally 'mixing together as the same'.