tabellion

noun

"tabellion" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“tabellion” 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) - An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.

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Index EN-tabellion · tabellion · English

tabellion · 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 tabellion
PropertyValue
Headwordtabellion
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “tabellion” in English

tabellionranks 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

tabellion is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for tabellion in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Latin tabelliō. The correct English form is tabellion, spelled T-A-B-E-L-L-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.

Etymology

From Latin tabelliō.

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 "tabellion"?
"tabellion" is spelled T-A-B-E-L-L-I-O-N.
What does "tabellion" mean?
As a noun, "tabellion" means: An official scribe who had some of the minor functions of a notary in the Roman Empire and pre-revolutionary France.
What is the origin of the word "tabellion"?
From Latin tabelliō. 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