Disorder, Chaos
Noun and する verb
こんらん
はん人は、混乱にまぎれてにげてしまった。
The culprit escaped in the confusion.
その町は、山火事で大混乱となっていた。
The wildfire brought utter chaos to the town.
申し訳ないけど、そんな中途半端なやり方じゃ新入社員が混乱しちゃう気がします。
I’m afraid that your half-baked policy may cause confusion among the new employees.
There's a riot and everything's getting all mixed up! Within that, there is of course a ton of confusion.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.