Which to use
“cabine” and “caire” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,535
- “cabine” frequency rank
- #7,938
- “caire” frequency rank
- 15473
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabine | caire |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite chambre à coucher, à bord d’un bateau. | Étoupe de fibres de coco. |
Where the eye mixes cabine and caire
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: cabine vs caire
A purely visual mix-up. cabine (\ka.bin\) and caire (\kɛʁ\) 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 15473, 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\. caire is at rank #7,938, tagged as anoun, pronounced \kɛʁ\.
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 15473, this pair ranks #392,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabine vs caire
Shared letters: acei. Private to "cabine": bn. Private to "caire": r.
"cabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "caire" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabine" and "caire" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabine" vs "caire" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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 "caire" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,215 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabine" and "caire" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "caire vs ciro". 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 #392,215 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.