Which to use
“Kabine” and “Kanone” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,390
- “Kabine” frequency rank
- #19,270
- “Kanone” frequency rank
- 28660
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Kabine | Kanone |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | meist kleiner, abgeschlossener Raum in einem (Wasser-)Fahrzeug | Geschütz mit flachem Abschusswinkel |
Where the eye mixes Kabine and Kanone
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. Kabine and Kanone follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between Kabine and Kanone
A purely visual mix-up. Kabine ([kaˈbiːnə]) and Kanone ([kaˈnoːnə]) 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 28660, 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]. Kanone is at rank #19,270, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈnoːnə].
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 28660, this pair ranks #1,780,828 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Kabine vs Kanone
Shared letters: aekn. Private to "Kabine": bi. Private to "Kanone": o.
"Kabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "Kanone" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Kabine" and "Kanone" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "Kabine" or "Kanone" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "Kabine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Kanone" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,780,828 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Kabine" and "Kanone" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Kanone vs Kanye". 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 #1,780,828 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.