Aptitude and ability are two concepts that are often mistakenly confused.

Clumping litter usually also contains quartz or diatomaceous earth (sometimes called diatomaceous silica, which causes it to be mistakenly confused with silica gel litter).

Alcohol-related accidents are often mistakenly confused with alcohol-caused accidents.

Some people may have been confused by the deliberate double-meaning of these trailers and mistakenly presumed the new channel would be of a pornographic nature.

The issue of heavy metals in fertilizer is sometimes mistakenly confused with biosolids, although there may be some crossover.

Military decorations, service awards, and medals are often mistakenly confused with one another.

West Roxbury is often mistakenly confused with Roxbury, but the two are not connected.

The palest varieties can be nearly white, retaining darker skin and eyes, are sometimes mistakenly confused with cremello, and are called isabellas in some places.

It shouldn't be confused with the French Army's official listening system Emeraude, which used to be mistakenly confused with Frenchelon.

On the other hand, bacterial conjugation, a type of transfer of DNA between two bacteria, is often mistakenly confused with sexual reproduction, because the mechanics are similar.