Which to use
“cabane” and “cabine” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,442
- “cabane” frequency rank
- #7,535
- “cabine” frequency rank
- 16977
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabane | cabine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite maison grossièrement construite. | Petite chambre à coucher, à bord d’un bateau. |
Where the eye mixes cabane and cabine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cabane vs cabine
A purely visual mix-up. cabane (\ka.ban\) and cabine (\ka.bin\) 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 - a in “cabane” becomes i in “cabine”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16977, 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\. cabine is at rank #7,535, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.bin\.
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 16977, this pair ranks #385,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabane vs cabine
Shared letters: abcen. Private to "cabane": -. Private to "cabine": i.
"cabane" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabane" for "cabine" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cabane" vs "cabine" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cabane" and "cabine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabane" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #385,390 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabane" and "cabine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabine vs carina". 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 #385,390 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.