medal table
"medal-table" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“medal table” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A visual depiction or ranking of the number of medals won by certain teams at a multi-event competition, especially the Olympic Games.
Corpus desk
Index EN-medal-table · medal table · English
medal table · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "M" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | medal table |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “medal table” in English
Rare enough to double-check
medal table is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A visual depiction or ranking of the number of medals won by certain teams at a multi-event competition, especially the Olympic Games.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for medal table, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is medal table, spelled M-E-D-A-L- -T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1A visual depiction or ranking of the number of medals won by certain teams at a multi-event competition, especially the Olympic Games.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how medal table appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
And her success with Glover, a product of the National Lottery-funded Sporting Giants talent identification programme, will also spark relief among British officials who were starting to fret a little about hitting their target of equalling fourth in the medal table from Beijing.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.