tables
/ˈteɪbl̩z/
"tables" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tables” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,415. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,415
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 9
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - plural of table
Corpus desk
Index EN-tables · tables · English
tables · rank #4,415 · 9 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,415
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 9 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH succeed
Nearest frequency peer: succeed (-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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “tables”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- stopping
stopping
95,589 corpus weight
- strategies
strategies
95,588 corpus weight
- succeed
succeed
95,587 corpus weight
- tables
tables
95,586 corpus weight
- tale
tale
95,585 corpus weight
- timing
timing
95,583 corpus weight
What this shows “tables” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tables |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈteɪbl̩z/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #4,415 |
| Misspellings tracked | 9 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “tables”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 9 spelling variants around tables (IPA /ˈteɪbl̩z/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #4,415 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "plural of table".
Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for tables, with forms such as "atbles", "tabbles", and "tabels". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tale", "takes", "taxes", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is tables, spelled T-A-B-L-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of table
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- atbles
- tabbles
- tabels
- tabless
- tablles
- tablse
- talbes
- tbales
- ttables
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tables - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "tables", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).