cabinavsCátiaTell them apart

Which to use

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

#45,224
“cabina” frequency rank
#27,428
“Cátia” frequency rank
72652
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature cabina Cátia
Definition compartimento de navio ou trem prenome feminino

Where the eye mixes cabina and Cátia

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cabina runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against Cátia's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
cabina
5 ch
Cátia

Look-alike desk: cabina vs Cátia

A purely visual mix-up. cabina (/ka.ˈbi.nɐ/) and Cátia (/ˈka.t͡ʃjɐ/) 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 72652, 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/. Cátia is at rank #27,428, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.t͡ʃjɐ/.

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 72652, this pair ranks #2,994 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of cabina vs Cátia

Shared letters: aci. Private to "cabina": bn. Private to "Cátia": tá.

"cabina" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV  ·  "Cátia" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • cabina ← acbina · cabbina · cabian · cabinna · cabnia · caibna · cbaina · ccabina

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "cabina" and "Cátia" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (/ka.ˈbi.nɐ/ versus /ˈka.t͡ʃjɐ/) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cabina" or "Cátia" show up more?
"Cátia" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #27,428 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

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "cabina" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Cátia" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,994 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "cabina" and "Cátia" 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 #2,994 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