Which to use
“cabanes” and “cabines” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #19,227
- “cabanes” frequency rank
- #16,821
- “cabines” frequency rank
- 36048
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabanes | cabines |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cabane. | Pluriel de cabine. |
Where the eye mixes cabanes and cabines
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cabanes and cabines follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cabanes with cabines
A purely visual mix-up. cabanes (\ka.ban\) and cabines (\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 “cabanes” becomes i in “cabines”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36048, 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\. cabines is at rank #16,821, 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 36048, this pair ranks #272,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabanes vs cabines
Shared letters: abcens. Private to "cabanes": -. Private to "cabines": i.
"cabanes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cabines" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabanes" and "cabines" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cabanes" or "cabines"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabanes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabines" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #272,363 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabanes" and "cabines" 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 #272,363 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.