# tables vs tailed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tables
*noun · IPA /ˈteɪbl̩z/ · frequency rank #4,415*
plural of table

### tailed
*verb · IPA /teɪld/ · frequency rank #18,202*
simple past and past participle of tail

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tables-vs-tailed