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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabina" and "cabra" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabina" vs "cabra" - which ranks higher?
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.