tabor
/ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/noun, verb
tabor is spelled T-A-B-O-R: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Tabor, the name). As a noun, tabor means “A small drum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of tabor is tabors.
How many letters and syllables are in tabor?
| Letters | 5: T-A-B-O-R |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 37,943rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is tabor?
Tabor appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 37,943rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Tabor, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce tabor?
- /ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/
Tabor has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-tabor.oga, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with tabor?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as tabor.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: abort, rabot.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of tabor
- tabors plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- taboring participle, present
- tabored participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does tabor mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A small drum.
- 2
In traditional music, a small drum played with a single stick, leaving the player's other hand free to play a melody on a three-holed pipe.
- 3
A military train of men and wagons; an encampment of such resources.
verb
- 1
To make (a sound) with a tabor.
- 2
To strike lightly and frequently.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Tabor in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense small drum:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does tabor come from?
From Middle English, from Old French tabour, from Arabic طُنْبُور (ṭunbūr), ultimately from the Middle Persian ancestor of Classical Persian تنبور (tanbūr). Doublet of tambour and tanbur.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).