tables

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The verdict

“tables” is uncommon German (frequency #70,864 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#70,864
frequency rank, German
35,386
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs table

Key facts for tables
PropertyValue
Headwordtables
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#70,864
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “tables” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). tables lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tables is uncommon German at frequency #70,864 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs table".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tables, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is tables, spelled T-A-B-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Plural des Substantivs table

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tables"?
"tables" is spelled T-A-B-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "tables" mean?
As a noun, "tables" means: Plural des Substantivs table
How do you pronounce "tables"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tables" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tables" come from?
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Using “tables”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is T-A-B-L-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Other uncommon German words near this rank

Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list