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“cabida” and “cabildo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,277
“cabida” frequency rank
#7,394
“cabildo” frequency rank
17671
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabida cabildo
Definition Capacidad, espacio. Cuerpo o comunidad de eclesiásticos capitulares de una iglesia catedral o colegial.

Where the eye mixes cabida and cabildo

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.

6 ch
cabida
7 ch
cabildo

Look-alike desk: cabida vs cabildo

A purely visual mix-up. cabida ([kaˈβ̞ið̞a]) and cabildo ([kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17671, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cabida is recorded at frequency rank #10,277, classified as anoun, pronounced [kaˈβ̞ið̞a]. cabildo is at rank #7,394, tagged as anoun, pronounced [kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o].

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 17671, this pair ranks #271,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of cabida vs cabildo

Shared letters: abcdi. Private to "cabida": -. Private to "cabildo": lo.

"cabida" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cabildo" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabidaacbida · cabbida · cabdia · cabiad · cabidda · caibda · cavida · cbaida
  • cabildoacbildo · cabbildo · cabidlo · cabilddo · cabilldo · cabilod · cablido · caibldo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "cabida" for "cabildo" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([kaˈβ̞ið̞a] versus [kaˈβ̞il̪d̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cabida" vs "cabildo" - which ranks higher?
"cabildo" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,394 in our Spanish list, against #10,277 for "cabida". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cabildo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #271,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabida" and "cabildo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabida vs chida". 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 #271,185 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list