cabernet
"cabernet" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“cabernet” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #33,551. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #33,551
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine.
Corpus desk
Index EN-cabernet · cabernet · English
cabernet · rank #33,551 · 12 variants · 2 confusables
- FREQ-MID #33,551
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 2 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Byrnes
Nearest frequency peer: Byrnes (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “cabernet”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- bulldozer
bulldozer
66,453 corpus weight
- Byrnes
Byrnes
66,451 corpus weight
- cabernet
cabernet
66,450 corpus weight
- calico
calico
66,449 corpus weight
- Camus
Camus
66,448 corpus weight
- canoeing
canoeing
66,447 corpus weight
What this shows “cabernet” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | cabernet |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #33,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “cabernet”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around cabernet, anoun. Corpus frequency is #33,551 among 5,599 “C” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for cabernet, with forms such as "acbernet", "cabbernet", and "cabenret". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "cabinet", "cabaret", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from French cabernet. The correct English form is cabernet, spelled C-A-B-E-R-N-E-T.
Definition
- 1Cabernet Sauvignon, a wine.
Etymology
Borrowed from French cabernet.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- acbernet
- cabbernet
- cabenret
- caberent
- cabernett
- cabernnet
- cabernte
- caberrnet
- cabrenet
- caebrnet
- cbaernet
- ccabernet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of cabernet - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "cabernet", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).