tabulation
/ˌtæbjʊˈleɪʃən/
"tabulation" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“tabulation” is uncommon English (frequency #65,552 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #65,552
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The act or process of tabulating
Corpus desk
Index EN-tabulation · tabulation · English
tabulation · rank #65,552 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #65,552
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH tabi
Nearest frequency peer: tabi (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “tabulation”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- swill
swill
34,453 corpus weight
- Syr
Syr
34,451 corpus weight
- tabi
tabi
34,450 corpus weight
- tabulation
tabulation
34,449 corpus weight
- tailspin
tailspin
34,448 corpus weight
- taw
taw
34,446 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “tabulation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabulation |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˌtæbjʊˈleɪʃən/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #65,552 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “tabulation” in English
Rare enough to double-check
tabulation is uncommon English at frequency #65,552 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˌtæbjʊˈleɪʃən/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tabulation, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tabulate + -ion. The correct English form is tabulation, spelled T-A-B-U-L-A-T-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1The act or process of tabulating
- 2A result of tabulating: a table, displaying data in compact form
- 3A printout
- 4The pattern of plates on a dinoflagellate
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how tabulation appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Here is a tabulation of baseless claims made in the last month.
Etymology
From tabulate + -ion.
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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