Which to use
“cabeça” and “cabina” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #361
- “cabeça” frequency rank
- #45,224
- “cabina” frequency rank
- 45585
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabeça | cabina |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | parte do corpo humano, onde se localizam o cérebro, protegido pelo crânio, e a face, ligada ao tronco pelo pescoço | compartimento de navio ou trem |
Where the eye mixes cabeça and cabina
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cabeça and cabina follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cabeça and cabina
A purely visual mix-up. cabeça (/kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/) and cabina (/ka.ˈbi.nɐ/) 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 45585, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabeça is recorded at frequency rank #361, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɐ.ˈbe.sɐ/. cabina is at rank #45,224, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈbi.nɐ/.
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 45585, this pair ranks #19,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabeça vs cabina
Shared letters: abc. Private to "cabeça": eç. Private to "cabina": in.
"cabeça" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cabina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabina ← acbina · cabbina · cabian · cabinna · cabnia · caibna · cbaina · ccabina
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabeça" for "cabina" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cabeça" or "cabina"?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabeça" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cabina" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #19,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabeça" and "cabina" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabina vs carabina". 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 #19,802 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.