tabbouleh
/təˈbuːli/
"tabbouleh" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tabbouleh” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 9
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabbouleh |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /təˈbuːli/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tabbouleh” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tabbouleh is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed /təˈbuːli/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.".
tabbouleh doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Arabic تَبُّولَة (tabbūla). The correct English form is tabbouleh, spelled T-A-B-B-O-U-L-E-H.
Definition
- 1A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic تَبُّولَة (tabbūla).
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.
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Using “tabbouleh”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-B-B-O-U-L-E-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /təˈbuːli/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.