Which to use
“tabled” and “tailed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,369
- “tabled” frequency rank
- #18,202
- “tailed” frequency rank
- 49571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tabled | tailed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of table | simple past and past participle of tail |
Letter map: tabled vs tailed
Shared letters muted; letters that set tabled and tailed apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Pair insight - tabled / tailed
tabled and tailed are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - b in “tabled” becomes i in “tailed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tabled is recorded at frequency rank #31,369, classified as averb. tailed is at rank #18,202, tagged as averb, pronounced /teɪld/.
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 49571, this pair ranks #182,344 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tabled vs tailed
Shared letters: adelt. Private to "tabled": b. Private to "tailed": i.
"tabled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tailed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tabled" and "tailed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "tabled" vs "tailed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "tabled" vs "tailed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tabled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tailed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #182,344 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tabled" and "tailed" 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 #182,344 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.