mistakable

[ mi-stey-kuh-buh l ]

/ mɪˈsteɪ kə bəl /

capable of being or liable to be mistaken or misunderstood.

Origin of mistakable

First recorded in 1640–50; mistake + -able

mis·tak·a·ble·ness, noun mis·tak·a·bly, adverb

misstrike, missus, missy, mist, mist., mistakable, mistake, mistake for, mistaken, mistal, mistassini

Old sailors exhort their neophytes to throw nothing over the weather-side except ashes or hot water: a hint not mistakable.

The Sailor's Word-Book |William Henry Smyth
Why not drop titles, and call stitches by the plainest and least mistakable names?

Art in Needlework |Lewis F. Day
But there she stood, mistakable for no other on this wide earth!

Seventeen |Booth Tarkington
The principle of effective regulation of public-service carriers had been, indeed, vigorously affirmed in no mistakable terms.

Railroads: Rates and Regulations |William Z. Ripley

I am certain of this; he almost told me so himself, not in words, but the mistakable leer he gave her in reply.

The Rome Express |Arthur Griffiths

mistakable

/ (mɪˈsteɪkəbəl) /

liable to be mistaken

mistakably or mistakeably, adverb