Which to use
“canine” and “cavité” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,931
- “canine” frequency rank
- #15,828
- “cavité” frequency rank
- 46759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | canine | cavité |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Dent pointue d’un mammifère (excepté les rongeurs), au nombre de deux par mâchoire, qui sert principalement à rompre ou à briser les corps durs ainsi qu'à déchirer la chair, et qui se situe entre les incisives et les molaires. | Creux, vide dans un corps solide. |
Where the eye mixes canine and cavité
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. canine and cavité follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: canine vs cavité
A purely visual mix-up. canine (\ka.nin\) and cavité (\ka.vi.te\) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
canine is recorded at frequency rank #30,931, classified as anoun, pronounced \ka.nin\. cavité is at rank #15,828, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ka.vi.te\.
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 46759, this pair ranks #192,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of canine vs cavité
Shared letters: aci. Private to "canine": en. Private to "cavité": tvé.
"canine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cavité" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- canine ← acnine · cainne · canien · caninne · cannie · cannine · ccanine · cnaine
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "canine" and "cavité" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "canine" vs "cavité" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "canine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cavité" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,322 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "canine" and "cavité" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "canine 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 #192,322 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.