Which to use
“cabal” is an adjective and “cabala” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,355
- “cabal” frequency rank
- #37,212
- “cabala” frequency rank
- 73567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabal | cabala |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | satisfatório; completo; rigoroso; pleno | interpretação mística da Bíblia entre os judeus |
Letter map: cabal vs cabala
Shared letters muted; letters that set cabal and cabala apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. cabal runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against cabala's 6 (CVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for cabal / cabala
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cabal is anadjective and cabalaanoun. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “cabal” sits inside “cabala”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 73567, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabal is recorded at frequency rank #36,355, classified as anadj. cabala is at rank #37,212, tagged as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈba.lɐ/.
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 73567, this pair ranks #2,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cabal vs cabala
Shared letters: abcl. Private to "cabal": -. Private to "cabala": -.
"cabal" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cabala" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabal" and "cabala" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabal" vs "cabala" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "cabal" and "cabala".
- Full dictionary entry for "cabal" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabala" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #2,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabal" and "cabala" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabala vs cabina". 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 #2,743 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.