The trick in all this is to use a hyphen to avoid confusing the reader's eye.

To avoid confusing the reader, one consistent set of terms is used throughout this article.

He doesn't make a big deal about it, so as to avoid confusing the patients.

This is done to avoid confusing the two schools' colors.

This is to avoid confusing them with the aircraft engines they are based on.

I would ask that we try to avoid confusing the two and focus here on the systematic pursuit of the strategy of free competition.

Be reassuring, make no sudden moves and be sure to avoid confusing it, that only one of you talks at once.

In the Arctic it has been necessary to ask visitors to avoid confusing the archaeological record by putting up inuksuit of their own.

One reason for this could be to avoid confusing its young reader demographic.

Thus, she avoids confusing the "idea of love" with love itself.