cabinavscanaConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#45,224
“cabina” frequency rank
#5,503
“cana” frequency rank
50727
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabina cana
Definition compartimento de navio ou trem planta rizomatosa de colmo lenhoso

Letter map: cabina vs cana

Shared letters muted; letters that set cabina and cana apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. cabina runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against cana's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cabina
4 ch
cana

Corpus notes: cabina and cana

cabina and cana are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50727, 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/. cana is at rank #5,503, tagged as anoun.

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 50727, this pair ranks #14,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cabina vs cana

Shared letters: acn. Private to "cabina": bi. Private to "cana": -.

"cabina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "cana" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabina ← acbina · cabbina · cabian · cabinna · cabnia · caibna · cbaina · ccabina
  • cana ← acna · caan · canna · ccana · cnaa

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "cabina" and "cana" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "cabina" or "cana"?
"cana" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,503 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.

After this comparison

You've compared "cabina" and "cana". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "cana" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #14,236 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabina" and "cana" 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 #14,236 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