cabinavscabraWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“cabina” and “cabra” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#45,224
“cabina” frequency rank
#11,222
“cabra” frequency rank
56446
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabina cabra
Definition compartimento de navio ou trem quadrúpede mamífero e ruminante com numerosas raças selvagens

Where the eye mixes cabina and cabra

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cabina runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cabra's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cabina
5 ch
cabra

Visual trap between cabina and cabra

A purely visual mix-up. cabina (/ka.ˈbi.nɐ/) and cabra (/ˈka.bɾɐ/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56446, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

cabina is recorded at frequency rank #45,224, classified as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈbi.nɐ/. cabra is at rank #11,222, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.bɾɐ/.

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 56446, this pair ranks #9,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cabina vs cabra

Shared letters: abc. Private to "cabina": in. Private to "cabra": r.

"cabina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cabra" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabinaacbina · cabbina · cabian · cabinna · cabnia · caibna · cbaina · ccabina
  • cabraacbra · cabar · cabbra · cabrra · carba · cbara · ccabra

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cabina" and "cabra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently (/ka.ˈbi.nɐ/ versus /ˈka.bɾɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "cabina" vs "cabra" - which ranks higher?
"cabra" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,222 in our Portuguese list, against #45,224 for "cabina". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "cabina" and "cabra" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cabra" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #9,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabina" and "cabra" 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 #9,967 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list