Which to use
“Cabañas” is a name and “cabras” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,283
- “Cabañas” frequency rank
- #14,088
- “cabras” frequency rank
- 30371
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Cabañas | cabras |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Apellido. | Forma del plural de cabra. |
Where the eye mixes Cabañas and cabras
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. Cabañas runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against cabras's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Cabañas vs cabras
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Cabañas is [kaˈβ̞aɲas] while cabras is [ˈkaβ̞ɾas]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (name vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30371, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Cabañas is recorded at frequency rank #16,283, classified as aname, pronounced [kaˈβ̞aɲas]. cabras is at rank #14,088, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈkaβ̞ɾas].
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 30371, this pair ranks #212,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Cabañas vs cabras
Shared letters: abcs. Private to "Cabañas": ñ. Private to "cabras": r.
"Cabañas" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cabras" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabras ← acbras · cabars · cabbras · cabrass · cabrras · cabrsa · carbas · cavras
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Cabañas" for "cabras" ever safe?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "Cabañas" or "cabras" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "Cabañas" and "cabras" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Cabañas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabras" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #212,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Cabañas" and "cabras" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabras vs cachas". 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 #212,321 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.