# tablet

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtæblət/ · frequency rank #6,634

## Definitions
1. A slab of clay, stone or wood used for inscription.
2. A short scripture written by the founders of the Baháʼí Faith.
3. A pill; a small, easily swallowed portion of a substance in solid form.
4. A block of several sheets of blank paper that are bound together at the top; pad of paper.
5. A graphics tablet.
6. A tablet computer, a type of portable computer.
7. A confection made from sugar, condensed milk and butter, produced in flat slabs, with a grainer texture than fudge.
8. A type of round token giving authority for a train to proceed over a single-track line.

## Etymology
From Middle English tablet, from Old French tablete (Modern French tablette), diminutive of table (“table”).

## Easily confused with
- **tale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-tale)
- **tales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-tales)
- **Tibet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-tibet)
- **target** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-target)
- **talent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-talent)
- **toilet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-toilet)
- **taller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-taller)
- **tailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-tailed)
- **tallest** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-tallest)
- **tabletop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tablet-vs-tabletop)
- **table** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/table-vs-tablet)
- **tables** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tables-vs-tablet)
- **tabled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabled-vs-tablet)
- **tableau** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tableau-vs-tablet)

## Common misspellings (9)
`atblet`, `tabblet`, `tabelt`, `tablett`, `tabllet`, `tablte`, `talbet`, `tbalet`, `ttablet`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tablet