tabledvstaggedConfusable pair

Quick tell: tabled is a verb, tagged is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“tabled” is a verb and “tagged” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,369
“tabled” frequency rank
#9,404
“tagged” frequency rank
40773
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tabled tagged
Definition simple past and past participle of table Having a tag; labeled.

Letter map: tabled vs tagged

Shared letters muted; letters that set tabled and tagged apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
tabled
6 ch
tagged

Part-of-speech tell for tabled / tagged

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tabled is averb and taggedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40773, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tabled is recorded at frequency rank #31,369, classified as averb. tagged is at rank #9,404, tagged as anadj.

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 40773, this pair ranks #264,517 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tabled vs tagged

Shared letters: adet. Private to "tabled": bl. Private to "tagged": g.

"tabled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "tagged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tabledatbled · tabbled · tabeld · tablde · tabledd · tablled · talbed · tbaled
  • taggedatgged · taged · tagegd · taggde · taggedd · tgaged · ttagged

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tabled" for "tagged" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tabled" is a verb and "tagged" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "tabled" vs "tagged" - which ranks higher?
"tagged" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,404 in our English list, against #31,369 for "tabled". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tabled" and "tagged".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tabled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tagged" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #264,517 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tabled" and "tagged" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tabled vs tanked". 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 #264,517 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list