tabledvstitledConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#31,369
“tabled” frequency rank
#6,106
“titled” frequency rank
37475
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tabled titled
Definition simple past and past participle of table Bearing a title.

Letter map: tabled vs titled

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

Role in the sentence - tabled and titled

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tabled is averb and titledanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37475, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tabled is recorded at frequency rank #31,369, classified as averb. titled is at rank #6,106, 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 37475, this pair ranks #294,283 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tabled vs titled

Shared letters: delt. Private to "tabled": ab. Private to "titled": i.

"tabled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "titled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tabled ← atbled · tabbled · tabeld · tablde · tabledd · tablled · talbed · tbaled
  • titled ← ittled · titeld · titlde · titledd · titlled · tittled · ttiled · ttitled

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tabled" and "titled" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tabled" is a verb and "titled" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tabled" or "titled"?
"titled" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,106 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

Pair "tabled" vs "titled" 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 "titled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #294,283 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tabled" and "titled" 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 #294,283 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