Which to use
“cabinet” and “cabinets” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,028
- “cabinet” frequency rank
- #11,006
- “cabinets” frequency rank
- 13034
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabinet | cabinets |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Petite pièce retirée. | Pluriel de cabinet. |
Same sound, different letters: cabinet vs cabinets
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 7 letters. cabinet runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against cabinets's 8 (CVCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Ear matches; page differs - cabinet and cabinets
This is the hard kind. cabinet and cabinets are pronounced identically (\ka.bi.nɛ\) 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) - “cabinet” sits inside “cabinets”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13034, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabinet is recorded at frequency rank #2,028, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.bi.nɛ\. 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 13034, this pair ranks #402,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabinet vs cabinets
Shared letters: abceint. Private to "cabinet": -. Private to "cabinets": s.
"cabinet" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "cabinets" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabinet" for "cabinets" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cabinet" vs "cabinets" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've separated the homophone pair "cabinet" / "cabinets". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabinet" 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 #402,714 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabinet" and "cabinets" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabinets vs canines". 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 #402,714 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.