tabular
/ˈtæbjʊləʴ/
"tabular" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tabular” is uncommon English (frequency #57,118 among 27,828 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #57,118
- frequency rank, English
- 27,828
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Having a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabular |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #57,118 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tabular” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tabular is uncommon English at frequency #57,118 among 27,828 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /ˈtæbjʊləʴ/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for tabular in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, tabula + -ar, or, by surface analysis, table + -ar. Compare fabular. The correct English form is tabular, spelled T-A-B-U-L-A-R.
Definition
- 1Having a flat (planar) horizontal surface at top.
- 2Organized as a table or list.
- 3Calculated by means of a table.
- 4Tending to split into thin flat pieces, as slate does.
Etymology
From Late Latin tabulāris. By surface analysis, tabula + -ar, or, by surface analysis, table + -ar. Compare fabular.
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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Using “tabular”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is T-A-B-U-L-A-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.