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Definition: Mix-up |
Mix-upNoun1. A mistake that results from taking one thing to be another; "he changed his name in order to avoid confusion with the notorious outlaw". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mix-up" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1897. (references) |
Synonym: Mix-upSynonym: confusion (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | A Merry Mix-up (1957) Mexican Mix-Up (1945) His Marriage Mix-up (1935) Buster's Mix-Up (1926) Mandarin Mix-Up (1924) | |
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| "Mix-up" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mix-up" is used about 87 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 87 | 35,390 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "mix-up"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 混合 (Admix, Amalgamate, Amalgamated, Amalgamating, Blend, intermingle, intermingled, mingle, Mingled, mingling, mix, mixing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sekaannus (confusion, disorder), sekaan (confusion, disorder). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kavarodás (hassle, hurly-burly, ruckus, ruction, rumpus, scrimmage, scrum, stir, tangled skein, turmoil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 섞으십시" 위로. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ix-upmay смешивать мешанина, путаница (addlement, bewilderment, box-up, embroilment, hash, imbroglio, maze, mess, mingle-mangle, mishmash, mix, mix up, moil, muddiness, muss, order confusion, ramble, snafu, snafus, welter). (various references) confusión (abashment, baffle, clutter, commotion, confusion, disarray, dislocation, disorganization, distraction, fluster, fog, haziness, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, knockabout, litter, maze, mess, mix up, muddle, mystification, perplexity, pother, puzzlement, shambles, tangle, turmoil, welter). (various references) สถานการ"์สับสนวุ่นวาย (เพราะตั"สินใจหรือทำผิ"พลา"). (various references) tình trạng lộn xộn (mess, muddle, mull, pell-mell, topsyturvydom, trouble), tình trạng hỗn loạn cuộc ẩu đả, cuộc đánh lộn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: mixup. | |
| Words within the letters "i-m-p-u-x" | |
-2 letters: imp, mix, piu, pix, ump. | |
-3 letters: mi, mu, pi, um, up, xi, xu. | |
| Words containing the letters "i-m-p-u-x" | |
+1 letter: mixups. | |
+3 letters: pyxidium. | |
+4 letters: amphioxus, multiplex. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 69 78 2D 75 70 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101001 01111000 00101101 01110101 01110000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M i x - u p |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0069 0078 002D 0075 0070 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)477590158782 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Chinese | 字典 , 定義 , 定义, 翻译 | 汉语, 中 , 漢 , 中國 , kiinalainen, kínai, 중국, китайский, китаец, chino |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | 芬蘭語 , 芬兰语, suomi, suomalainen, finn, 핀란", финский, finlandés, finés, tiếng Phần-lan |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | 匈牙利语, 匈牙利語 , unkarilainen, magyar, 헝가리, венгр, венгерский, húngaro, ชาวฮังการี, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Korean | 사 , 의, 번역 | 韩国语, "國 , 朝鮮語 , koreai, 한국, кореец, корейский, coreano, ชาวเกาหลี, người Triều tiên tiếng Triều tiên |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | 俄語 , 俄文 , 俄语, venäläinen, orosz, 러시아, русский, ruso, ชาวรัสเซีย, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | 西班牙語 , 西班牙文 , 西班牙语, espanjalainen, spanyol, 스페인, испанский, español |
Thai | พจนานุกรม | 泰國 , 泰文 , 泰 , 泰語 , 泰国, thaimaalainen, 타이 말, tailandés, าษาไทย, เกี่ยวกับคนไทย, ที่เกี่ยวกับประเทศไทย, คนไทย |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | 越南語 , 越南语, 越南 , vietnamilainen, vietnami, vietnámi, 트남, вьетнамский, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | 英语, 英國 , 英文 , 英 , 英語 , englantia, englantilainen, angol, 영국, английский, inglés, เกี่ยวกับประเทศอังกฤษ, ชาวอังกฤษ, าษาอังกฤษ |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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