verb phrase · neutral

be mistaken for + noun

Band 6-7speakingtask2

to be wrongly identified as someone or something else

Examples

“Tourists often mistake our small town for a suburb of the city.”

“She is frequently mistaken for her older sister.”

“The replica was so accurate that many visitors mistook it for the original.”

Band 8 sentence

“Because of his resemblance to a historical figure, he was repeatedly mistaken for the actor in public.”

Collocations

  • be mistaken for + person/place/thing
  • often/frequently be mistaken for

Word family

mistake verb/nounmistaken adjective

Common mistakes

mistook for→mistaken for / be mistaken for

be mistook for→be mistaken for

Say it for a higher band

5look like→6be confused with→7+be mistaken for + noun

Synonyms

be confused with

Easily confused

be confused with

“Many people confuse the two species with each other.”

Related words

the extent to which + clauseas + adjective + asA + adjective + -er + than Bby contrast, + clausemore + adjective + thannot as/so + adjective + asthe + superlative + (noun)the ratio of + A + to + B

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