Which to use
“cabaré” and “cabide” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,656
- “cabaré” frequency rank
- #36,785
- “cabide” frequency rank
- 63441
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabaré | cabide |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | casa de diversão para beber e dançar e assistir a espetáculos de variedades (dança, mágica etc.) | suporte no qual se colocam roupas |
Where the eye mixes cabaré and cabide
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cabaré and cabide follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cabaré and cabide
A purely visual mix-up. cabaré (/ka.ba.ˈɾɛ/) and cabide (/ka.ˈbi.de/) 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 63441, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabaré is recorded at frequency rank #26,656, classified as anoun, pronounced /ka.ba.ˈɾɛ/. cabide is at rank #36,785, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈbi.de/.
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 63441, this pair ranks #6,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of cabaré vs cabide
Shared letters: abc. Private to "cabaré": ré. Private to "cabide": dei.
"cabaré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabide" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabide ← acbide · cabbide · cabdie · cabidde · cabied · caibde · cbaide · ccabide
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabaré" for "cabide" ever safe?
Frequency check: "cabaré" vs "cabide" - 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 "cabaré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabide" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #6,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabaré" and "cabide" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabide 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 #6,183 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.