Which to use
“cabaré” and “cabine” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #26,656
- “cabaré” frequency rank
- #8,582
- “cabine” frequency rank
- 35238
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabaré | cabine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | casa de diversão para beber e dançar e assistir a espetáculos de variedades (dança, mágica etc.) | o mesmo que cabina |
Where the eye mixes cabaré and cabine
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cabaré and cabine 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 cabine
A purely visual mix-up. cabaré (/ka.ba.ˈɾɛ/) and cabine (/ka.ˈbi.nɨ/) 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 35238, 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/. cabine is at rank #8,582, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈbi.nɨ/.
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 35238, this pair ranks #31,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabaré vs cabine
Shared letters: abc. Private to "cabaré": ré. Private to "cabine": ein.
"cabaré" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabine ← acbine · cabbine · cabien · cabinne · cabnie · caibne · cbaine · ccabine
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabaré" for "cabine" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cabaré" or "cabine"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "cabaré" and "cabine" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabaré" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #31,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabaré" and "cabine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabala vs cabaré". 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 #31,834 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.