# tabor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈteɪbə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #38,191

## Definitions
1. A small drum.
2. A small drum.

## Etymology
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.

## Easily confused with
- **tar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tar)
- **tor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tor)
- **tao** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tao)
- **taco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-taco)
- **Thor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-thor)
- **taro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-taro)
- **Taos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-taos)
- **tumor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tumor)
- **tutor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tutor)
- **tenor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tenor)
- **taper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-taper)
- **Tudor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tudor)
- **Timor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-timor)
- **taker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-taker)
- **Tahoe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tahoe)
- **taser** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-taser)
- **tarot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tarot)
- **talon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-talon)
- **Tebow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tebow)
- **Tamar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tabor-vs-tamar)

## Common misspellings (7)
`atbor`, `tabbor`, `taborr`, `tabro`, `taobr`, `tbaor`, `ttabor`

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