tabbed
"tabbed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tabbed” is uncommon English (frequency #62,551 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #62,551
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
Corpus desk
Index EN-tabbed · tabbed · English
tabbed · rank #62,551 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #62,551
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tabula
Nearest frequency peer: tabula (+1 rank slots)
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.
Long-tail ranks near “tabbed”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- supercharge
supercharge
37,455 corpus weight
- Swarthmore
Swarthmore
37,453 corpus weight
- tabbed
tabbed
37,450 corpus weight
- tabula
tabula
37,449 corpus weight
- tactfully
tactfully
37,448 corpus weight
- talismans
talismans
37,446 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tabbed” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabbed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #62,551 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tabbed” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tabbed is uncommon English at frequency #62,551 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for tabbed, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tab + -ed. The correct English form is tabbed, spelled T-A-B-B-E-D.
Definition
- 1Having a tab (protruding strip of material).
- 2Having tabs (the user interface element).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tabbed appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Letter up a tabbed folder for each different catalog you intend to issue. As you collect matter for this catalog, put it in the one place — the folder devoted to that catalog.
A tabbed browser can display a different webpage on each tab.
Etymology
From tab + -ed.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).