KabarettvsKabinettWhich spelling fits?

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“Kabarett” and “Kabinett” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#14,599
“Kabarett” frequency rank
#8,230
“Kabinett” frequency rank
22829
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kabarett Kabinett
Definition Bühne für kleine zeitkritische Darbietungen ein kleines Nebenzimmer, das zwischen zwei Zimmern liegt und keinen eigenen Ausgang hat

Where the eye mixes Kabarett and Kabinett

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Kabarett and Kabinett follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

8 ch
Kabarett
8 ch
Kabinett

Visual trap between Kabarett and Kabinett

A purely visual mix-up. Kabarett ([kabaˈʁɛt]) and Kabinett ([kabiˈnɛt]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22829, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kabarett is recorded at frequency rank #14,599, classified as anoun, pronounced [kabaˈʁɛt]. Kabinett is at rank #8,230, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kabiˈnɛt].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 22829, this pair ranks #1,869,219 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Kabarett vs Kabinett

Shared letters: abekt. Private to "Kabarett": r. Private to "Kabinett": in.

"Kabarett" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC  ·  "Kabinett" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kabarett ← akbarett · kaabrett · kabaertt · kabaret · kabarrett · kabartet · kabbarett · kabraett
  • Kabinett ← akbinett · kabbinett · kabientt · kabinet · kabinnett · kabintet · kabniett · kaibnett

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kabarett" and "Kabinett" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kabaˈʁɛt] versus [kabiˈnɛt]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary German text, does "Kabarett" or "Kabinett" show up more?
"Kabinett" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,230 in our German list, against #14,599 for "Kabarett". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "Kabarett" and "Kabinett" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Kabarett" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kabinett" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,869,219 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kabarett" and "Kabinett" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kabinett vs Kabinetts". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,869,219 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list