tabbouleh

/təˈbuːli/

//təˈbuːli// noun

"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 September 3, 2026) - A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.

Corpus desk

Index EN-tabbouleh · tabbouleh · English

tabbouleh · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for tabbouleh
PropertyValue
Headwordtabbouleh
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/təˈbuːli/
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “tabbouleh” in English

tabboulehfalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

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

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

  1. 1
    A 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tabbouleh"?
"tabbouleh" is spelled T-A-B-B-O-U-L-E-H. The IPA pronunciation is /təˈbuːli/.
What does "tabbouleh" mean?
As a noun, "tabbouleh" means: A Levantine salad or meze generally consisting of bulgur wheat, chopped tomatoes, parsley, olive oil and lemon juice.
How do you pronounce "tabbouleh"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tabbouleh" is /təˈbuːli/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "tabbouleh"?
Borrowed from Arabic تَبُّولَة (tabbūla). 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