tablature
/ˈtæblət͡ʃɜ/
"tablature" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tablature” is uncommon English (frequency #95,484 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,484
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Corpus desk
Index EN-tablature · tablature · English
tablature · rank #95,484 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #95,484
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH Taconic
Nearest frequency peer: Taconic (+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 “tablature”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- sussed
sussed
4,523 corpus weight
- swabbing
swabbing
4,522 corpus weight
- synecdoche
synecdoche
4,520 corpus weight
- syntactical
syntactical
4,519 corpus weight
- tablature
tablature
4,517 corpus weight
- Taconic
Taconic
4,516 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tablature” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tablature |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtæblət͡ʃɜ/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #95,484 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tablature” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tablature is uncommon English at frequency #95,484 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtæblət͡ʃɜ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tablature in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From French, from Italian tavolatura, from Latin tabulatura, from tabula. The correct English form is tablature, spelled T-A-B-L-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
- 2An engraved tablet, or a painting on a wall or ceiling, or sometimes a picture in general.
- 3A division of the skull into two tables.
Etymology
From French, from Italian tavolatura, from Latin tabulatura, from tabula.
Synonyms
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); 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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).