* Adjective: Describing a state of being.
* Example: "The student was confused by the math problem."
* Verb (past participle): Used to describe a state of being.
* Example: "The directions confused me."
* Verb (past tense): Describing an action in the past.
* Example: "I confused the two twins."
Let me know if you have a specific sentence in mind, and I can tell you exactly what part of speech "confused" is functioning as!