Which to use
“cabanes” and “cabaret” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,227
- “cabanes” frequency rank
- #13,126
- “cabaret” frequency rank
- 32353
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabanes | cabaret |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cabane. | Taverne où l’on vend en détail du vin et des boissons spiritueuses et où l’on vend aussi à manger. |
Where the eye mixes cabanes and cabaret
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. cabanes and cabaret follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: cabanes vs cabaret
A purely visual mix-up. cabanes (\ka.ban\) and cabaret (\ka.ba.ʁɛ\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32353, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabanes is recorded at frequency rank #19,227, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ban\. cabaret is at rank #13,126, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.ba.ʁɛ\.
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 32353, this pair ranks #297,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabanes vs cabaret
Shared letters: abce. Private to "cabanes": ns. Private to "cabaret": rt.
"cabanes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cabaret" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabanes" and "cabaret" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "cabanes" or "cabaret" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabanes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabaret" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #297,855 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabanes" and "cabaret" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabanes vs cutanés". 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 #297,855 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.