negotiating table

noun

"negotiating-table" is a 16-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“negotiating 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
17
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A place or table where people carry out negotiations, with the object of reaching an agreement.

Corpus desk

Index EN-negotiating-table · negotiating table · English

negotiating table · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 17 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "N" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for negotiating table
PropertyValue
Headwordnegotiating table
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters17
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “negotiating table” in English

negotiating tableranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

negotiating table is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A place or table where people carry out negotiations, with the object of reaching an agreement.".

Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for negotiating table, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: First known use 1950s. The correct English form is negotiating table, spelled N-E-G-O-T-I-A-T-I-N-G- -T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    A place or table where people carry out negotiations, with the object of reaching an agreement.

Etymology

First known use 1950s.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "negotiating table"?
"negotiating table" is spelled N-E-G-O-T-I-A-T-I-N-G- -T-A-B-L-E.
What does "negotiating table" mean?
As a noun, "negotiating table" means: A place or table where people carry out negotiations, with the object of reaching an agreement.
What is the origin of the word "negotiating table"?
First known use 1950s. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list