Which to use
“cabine” and “chaminé” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,582
- “cabine” frequency rank
- #25,593
- “chaminé” frequency rank
- 34175
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cabine | chaminé |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | o mesmo que cabina | duto de acesso aéreo das fornalhas ao exterior fazendo a tiragem do ar e da fumaça; por outras vezes, também serve como entrada de ar |
Where the eye mixes cabine and chaminé
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. cabine runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against chaminé's 7 (CCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between cabine and chaminé
A purely visual mix-up. cabine (/ka.ˈbi.nɨ/) and chaminé (/ʃɐ.mi.ˈnɛ/) 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 34175, 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/. chaminé is at rank #25,593, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ʃɐ.mi.ˈnɛ/.
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 34175, this pair ranks #33,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cabine vs chaminé
Shared letters: acin. Private to "cabine": be. Private to "chaminé": hmé.
"cabine" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "chaminé" · 7 letters · shape CCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- cabine ← acbine · cabbine · cabien · cabinne · cabnie · caibne · cbaine · ccabine
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "cabine" and "chaminé" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "cabine" vs "chaminé" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "cabine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chaminé" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #33,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cabine" and "chaminé" 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 #33,168 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.