The present disclosure relates to a method and system for object identification. A method for object identification is provided, comprising: acquiring a first image presenting at least a part of an object from a user; identifying a category of the object through a pre-established object identification model based on the first image, to obtain at least one result; searching a rule database containing at least one set of confusable object categories using the at least one result, to determine whether there is a confusable object category corresponding to the at least one result; and if there is a confusable object category corresponding to the at least one result in the rule database, returning the at least one result and the confusable object category corresponding thereto to the user.