Which to use
“cabanes” is a noun and “cutanés” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #19,227
- “cabanes” frequency rank
- #44,408
- “cutanés” frequency rank
- 63635
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabanes | cutanés |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cabane. | Masculin pluriel de cutané. |
Where the eye mixes cabanes and cutanés
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cabanes and cutanés 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 cutanés
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: cabanes is \ka.ban\ while cutanés is \ky.ta.ne\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63635, 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\. cutanés is at rank #44,408, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ky.ta.ne\.
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 63635, this pair ranks #80,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cabanes vs cutanés
Shared letters: acns. Private to "cabanes": be. Private to "cutanés": tué.
"cabanes" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cutanés" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabanes ← acbanes · caabnes · cabaens · cabaness · cabannes · cabanse · cabbanes · cabnaes
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabanes" and "cutanés" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cabanes" or "cutanés"?
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 "cutanés" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #80,983 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabanes" and "cutanés" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Catane 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 #80,983 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.