tabledvstastedWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“tabled” and “tasted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,369
“tabled” frequency rank
#11,306
“tasted” frequency rank
42675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tabled tasted
Definition simple past and past participle of table simple past and past participle of taste

Letter map: tabled vs tasted

Shared letters muted; letters that set tabled and tasted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tabled and tasted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
tabled
6 ch
tasted

Spelling & dictionary notes on tabled vs tasted

tabled and tasted 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tabled is recorded at frequency rank #31,369, classified as averb. tasted is at rank #11,306, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈteɪstɪd/.

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 42675, this pair ranks #247,091 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tabled vs tasted

Shared letters: adet. Private to "tabled": bl. Private to "tasted": s.

"tabled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "tasted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tabled ← atbled · tabbled · tabeld · tablde · tabledd · tablled · talbed · tbaled
  • tasted ← atsted · tasetd · tassted · tastde · tastedd · tastted · tatsed · ttasted

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tabled" and "tasted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "tabled" vs "tasted" - which ranks higher?
"tasted" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,306 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "tabled" and "tasted". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tabled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tasted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #247,091 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tabled" and "tasted" 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 #247,091 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