Which to use
“cabarets” and “cabinets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #34,007
- “cabarets” frequency rank
- #11,006
- “cabinets” frequency rank
- 45013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabarets | cabinets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de cabaret. | Pluriel de cabinet. |
Where the eye mixes cabarets and cabinets
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. cabarets and cabinets follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses cabarets with cabinets
A purely visual mix-up. cabarets (\ka.ba.ʁɛ\) and cabinets (\ka.bi.nɛ\) 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 45013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabarets is recorded at frequency rank #34,007, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.ba.ʁɛ\. cabinets is at rank #11,006, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.bi.nɛ\.
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 45013, this pair ranks #206,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabarets vs cabinets
Shared letters: abcest. Private to "cabarets": r. Private to "cabinets": in.
"cabarets" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "cabinets" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabarets" for "cabinets" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cabarets" vs "cabinets" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cabarets" and "cabinets" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabarets" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabinets" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,071 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabarets" and "cabinets" 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 #206,071 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.