Which to use
“cabane” and “carne” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,442
- “cabane” frequency rank
- #45,492
- “carne” frequency rank
- 54934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabane | carne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite maison grossièrement construite. | Angle, coin saillant d’une pièce d'architecture ou de menuiserie. |
Where the eye mixes cabane and carne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cabane runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against carne's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cabane and carne
A purely visual mix-up. cabane (\ka.ban\) and carne (\kaʁn\) 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 54934, 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\. carne is at rank #45,492, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kaʁn\.
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 54934, this pair ranks #130,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabane vs carne
Shared letters: acen. Private to "cabane": b. Private to "carne": r.
"cabane" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "carne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabane" and "carne" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cabane" or "carne" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cabane" and "carne" 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 "carne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #130,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabane" and "carne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carne vs carrez". 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 #130,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.