sorry for confusing you vs Sorry to confuse you

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in slightly different contexts. 'Sorry for confusing you' is used when apologizing for a past action that caused confusion, while 'Sorry to confuse you' is used when apologizing for a current or imminent confusion.

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sorry for confusing you

This phrase is correct and commonly used when apologizing for a past action that caused confusion.

This phrase is used to apologize for causing confusion in the past. It acknowledges that the speaker's actions led to the confusion.

Some examples from our editors:

I'm sorry for confusing you with my unclear instructions.
Sorry for confusing you with all the changes in the schedule.

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I'm sorry if it's confusing.
It's a little confusing, Sorry.
I'm very sorry if this is confusing for you, but what's the world worth if people don't get a second chance?
Look, I'm sorry if I was confusing this morning, but... I've... never met a man who can handle what I do and... I'm not sure you'll be able to cope, so...
Harriet, I'm, sorry if I'm in any way confusing you.
Perhaps is the name that's confusing you.
Unless I'm confusing you with someone else.
This book is only confusing you.
I must be confusing you with another.
I'm not confusing you with Russell.
It's obvious this book is only confusing you.
This book is only confusing you.
This book is only confusing you.
I'm confusing you with the another pathetic, drunk that i know.
Keep this up, people might start confusing you For the real police.
STAGE READY FOR CONFUSING, SIR!
We should take particular care to ensure that we make clear and unambiguous statements and that we leave no scope for confusing double standards and overlaps between different regulations.
Your rapporteur has been anxious to suggest a principled holistic approach which should avoid the necessity for confusing carve-outs and special regimes, present or future, as these merely serve to make our legislation more complex to navigate and less transparent.
Now, is there anything else that's confusing you?
You know what's confusing you?

Some alternatives from our editors:

I apologize for confusing you
I'm sorry I confused you

Sorry to confuse you

This phrase is correct and commonly used when apologizing for a current or imminent confusion.

This phrase is used to apologize for causing confusion in the present or near future. It acknowledges that the speaker's current or upcoming actions may lead to confusion.

Examples:

Sorry to confuse you with all the information overload.
I'm sorry to confuse you with my sudden change in plans.

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They'll come in banging in the night, screaming to confuse you.
It's a joke, meant to confuse you.
To confuse you and make you look at yourself.
I don't want to confuse you, so I made some notes.
I told you, she's trying to confuse you.
Conjured by these witches to confuse you!
I'm not wrong, she is trying to confuse you.
Well, it's Tuesday, and I know how you forget to eat breakfast on Tuesdays 'cause the first few days of the week tend to confuse you.
I'm pretty sure fossils were put there by the devil to confuse you.
Then I leave my prints all over the boat just to confuse you guys.
This lawyer represents the company that may have murdered your father, so he will do whatever he can to try to confuse you.
Barnaby, I'm going to speak to you very slowly so as not to confuse you.
(laughs) I guess that's why they got you on death row now since there's no revolving door here to confuse you.
Trust me, no one is ever going to confuse you with a ballerina, okay?
that's what the government has to put in there to confuse you, I'm sure.
It's normal to confuse you with anyone... if one day you say "I love you"... and the next day you want to be insulted.
Maybe I know I have a tell, and I know you know I have a tell, and I'm doing it now to confuse you cause you don't know what tell I'm telling.
Your company spreads lies to confuse innocent people.
Readmission agreements must resist the impulse to confuse illegal immigration with crime.
And this populism continues to confuse production with consumption.

Alternatives:

I apologize for confusing you
I'm sorry if I'm confusing you

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sorry for confusing you vs Sorry to confuse you