Which to use
“cabine” and “cálice” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,582
- “cabine” frequency rank
- #17,252
- “cálice” frequency rank
- 25834
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabine | cálice |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que cabina | pequeno copo com pé, para licores ou bebidas fortes |
Where the eye mixes cabine and cálice
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. cabine and cálice follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCV). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between cabine and cálice
A purely visual mix-up. cabine (/ka.ˈbi.nɨ/) and cálice (/ˈka.li.sɨ/) 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 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25834, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cabine is recorded at frequency rank #8,582, classified as anoun, pronounced /ka.ˈbi.nɨ/. cálice is at rank #17,252, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈka.li.sɨ/.
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 25834, this pair ranks #43,411 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabine vs cálice
Shared letters: cei. Private to "cabine": abn. Private to "cálice": lá.
"cabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "cálice" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabine ← acbine · cabbine · cabien · cabinne · cabnie · caibne · cbaine · ccabine
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cabine" and "cálice" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary Portuguese text, does "cabine" or "cálice" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cabine" and "cálice" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cálice" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #43,411 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabine" and "cálice" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cálice vs calvície". 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 #43,411 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.