Which to use
“cabaret” and “cabarets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,126
- “cabaret” frequency rank
- #34,007
- “cabarets” frequency rank
- 47133
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabaret | cabarets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Taverne où l’on vend en détail du vin et des boissons spiritueuses et où l’on vend aussi à manger. | Pluriel de cabaret. |
Same sound, different letters: cabaret vs cabarets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cabaret runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against cabarets's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: cabaret vs cabarets
This is the hard kind. cabaret and cabarets are pronounced identically (\ka.ba.ʁɛ\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cabaret” sits inside “cabarets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47133, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabaret is recorded at frequency rank #13,126, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ba.ʁɛ\. cabarets is at rank #34,007, 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 47133, this pair ranks #189,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabaret vs cabarets
Shared letters: abcert. Private to "cabaret": -. Private to "cabarets": s.
"cabaret" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cabarets" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabaret" and "cabarets" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "cabaret" or "cabarets"?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "cabaret" / "cabarets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabaret" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabarets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #189,304 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabaret" and "cabarets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabanes vs cabarets". 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 #189,304 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.