Which to use
“cabbage” and “cabbages” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,878
- “cabbage” frequency rank
- #46,356
- “cabbages” frequency rank
- 60234
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabbage | cabbages |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An edible plant (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) having a head of green leaves. | plural of cabbage |
Where the eye mixes cabbage and cabbages
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. cabbage runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against cabbages's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cabbage and cabbages
A purely visual mix-up. cabbage (/ˈkæb.ɪd͡ʒ/) and cabbages (/ˈkæb.ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/) 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) - “cabbage” sits inside “cabbages”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60234, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabbage is recorded at frequency rank #13,878, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkæb.ɪd͡ʒ/. cabbages is at rank #46,356, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkæb.ɪ.d͡ʒɪz/.
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 60234, this pair ranks #101,447 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cabbage vs cabbages
Shared letters: abceg. Private to "cabbage": -. Private to "cabbages": s.
"cabbage" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "cabbages" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabbage" and "cabbages" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabbage" vs "cabbages" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cabbage" and "cabbages" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabbage" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabbages" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #101,447 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabbage" and "cabbages" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabbage vs cabbie". 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 #101,447 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.