KabinevsKabinenWhich spelling fits?

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

#9,390
“Kabine” frequency rank
#22,784
“Kabinen” frequency rank
32174
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Kabine Kabinen
Definition meist kleiner, abgeschlossener Raum in einem (Wasser-)Fahrzeug Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Kabine

Where the eye mixes Kabine and Kabinen

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. Kabine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Kabinen's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
Kabine
7 ch
Kabinen

Why the eye confuses Kabine with Kabinen

A purely visual mix-up. Kabine ([kaˈbiːnə]) and Kabinen ([kaˈbiːnən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Kabine” sits inside “Kabinen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32174, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Kabine is recorded at frequency rank #9,390, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈbiːnə]. Kabinen is at rank #22,784, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈbiːnən].

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 32174, this pair ranks #1,713,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Kabine vs Kabinen

Shared letters: abeikn. Private to "Kabine": -. Private to "Kabinen": -.

"Kabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Kabinen" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Kabine ← akbine · kabbine · kabien · kabinne · kabnie · kaibne · kbaine · kkabine
  • Kabinen ← akbinen · kabbinen · kabienn · kabinenn · kabinnen · kabnien · kaibnen · kbainen

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Kabine" and "Kabinen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈbiːnə] versus [kaˈbiːnən]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "Kabine" vs "Kabinen" - which ranks higher?
"Kabine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,390 in our German list, against #22,784 for "Kabinen". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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  • Full dictionary entry for "Kabine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Kabinen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,713,158 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Kabine" and "Kabinen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kabinen vs Kalifen". 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 #1,713,158 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