Which to use
“cabine” and “câble” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,535
- “cabine” frequency rank
- #4,849
- “câble” frequency rank
- 12384
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabine | câble |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite chambre à coucher, à bord d’un bateau. | Gros cordage formé de l’assemblage de plusieurs torons de chanvre, d’aloès, d’acier, etc. |
Where the eye mixes cabine and câble
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between cabine and câble
A purely visual mix-up. cabine (\ka.bin\) and câble (\kabl\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12384, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabine is recorded at frequency rank #7,535, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.bin\. câble is at rank #4,849, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kabl\.
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 12384, this pair ranks #405,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabine vs câble
Shared letters: bce. Private to "cabine": ain. Private to "câble": lâ.
"cabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "câble" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabine ← acbine · cabbine · cabien · cabinne · cabnie · caibne · cbaine · ccabine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabine" for "câble" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cabine" vs "câble" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "câble" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #405,472 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabine" and "câble" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabine vs carina". 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 #405,472 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.