Which to use
“cabane” and “cabaye” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,442
- “cabane” frequency rank
- #27,714
- “cabaye” frequency rank
- 37156
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabane | cabaye |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite maison grossièrement construite. | Autre orthographe de cabaille. |
Where the eye mixes cabane and cabaye
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cabane (CVCVCV) and cabaye (CVCVVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: cabane vs cabaye
A purely visual mix-up. cabane (\ka.ban\) and cabaye (\ka.baj\) 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 a single letter - n in “cabane” becomes y in “cabaye”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37156, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabane is recorded at frequency rank #9,442, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ban\. cabaye is at rank #27,714, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.baj\.
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 37156, this pair ranks #264,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabane vs cabaye
Shared letters: abce. Private to "cabane": n. Private to "cabaye": y.
"cabane" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabaye" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabane" for "cabaye" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cabane" vs "cabaye" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabaye" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #264,491 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabane" and "cabaye" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabaye vs câblage". 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 #264,491 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.