Which to use
“cabine” and “carne” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,582
- “cabine” frequency rank
- #1,700
- “carne” frequency rank
- 10282
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabine | carne |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que cabina | tecido muscular do homem e dos animais |
Where the eye mixes cabine and carne
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cabine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against carne's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cabine and carne
A purely visual mix-up. cabine (/ka.ˈbi.nɨ/) and carne (/ˈkaɾ.nɨ/) 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 10282, 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/. carne is at rank #1,700, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈkaɾ.nɨ/.
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 10282, this pair ranks #62,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of cabine vs carne
Shared letters: acen. Private to "cabine": bi. Private to "carne": r.
"cabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "carne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "cabine" for "carne" ever safe?
Which is more common, "cabine" or "carne"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "cabine" and "carne" 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 "carne" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #62,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabine" and "carne" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cabina vs cabine". 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 #62,874 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.