Which to use
“cabala” and “cabaré” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,212
- “cabala” frequency rank
- #26,656
- “cabaré” frequency rank
- 63868
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabala | cabaré |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | interpretação mística da Bíblia entre os judeus | casa de diversão para beber e dançar e assistir a espetáculos de variedades (dança, mágica etc.) |
Where the eye mixes cabala and cabaré
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses cabala with cabaré
A purely visual mix-up. cabala (/kɐ.ˈba.lɐ/) and cabaré (/ka.ba.ˈɾɛ/) 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 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63868, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabala is recorded at frequency rank #37,212, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈba.lɐ/. cabaré is at rank #26,656, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ka.ba.ˈɾɛ/.
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 63868, this pair ranks #6,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cabala vs cabaré
Shared letters: abc. Private to "cabala": l. Private to "cabaré": ré.
"cabala" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabaré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabala ← acbala · caabla · cabaal · caballa · cabbala · cablaa · cbaala · ccabala
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabala" for "cabaré" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cabala" or "cabaré"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "cabala" and "cabaré" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabala" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabaré" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabala" and "cabaré" 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 #6,007 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.