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Meanings of often mistaken in English

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Usage of often mistaken in English
1
The heat of fever is often mistaken for the glow of health.
Catholic Problems in Western Canada
2
He and his son were, in fact, often mistaken for each other.
Tales of the Jazz Age
3
This is too often mistaken for dullness, and want of proper spirit.
Friends and Neighbors; Or, Two Ways of Living in the World
4
Similarly under threat is the lamprey, which is often mistaken for an eel.
The Irish Times
5
As a young boy, he was often mistaken for a girl.
The Guardian
6
You are not often mistaken; but indeed you are wrong now.
The Legacy of Cain
7
Indeed, in after life he was often mistaken for a Frenchman.
The Life of Robert Louis Stevenson for Boys and Girls
8
A temperament of this kind has been often mistaken for melancholy.
Literary Character of Men of Genius / Drawn from Their Own Feeli...
9
Daniel Boone isn't often mistaken, and the warriors are drawing in.
The Border Watch: A Story of the Great Chief's Last Stand
10
I have studied such things considerably, and am not often mistaken.
Summerfield / or, Life on a Farm
11
Current rumor, my dear uncle, is often mistaken, and always exaggerates.
Monsieur de Camors — Volume 1
12
And they were often mistaken for Daimons by those who didn't know the difference.
No mercy
13
In San Francisco, in the rainy season I was often mistaken for fair weather.
Mark Twain's Letters — Volume 4 (1886-1900)
14
But he boasted that he is often mistaken as one of the crowd's own.
Reuters
15
They are very positive, it is true; but very positive people are often mistaken.
Gentle Measures in the Management and Training of the Young / Or...
16
Kerry is often mistaken as an Irish-American because of his surname and his Catholicism.
The Irish Times
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Often mistaken through the time
Often mistaken across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common