time table
"time-table" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“time table” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Alternative spelling of timetable.
Corpus desk
Index EN-time-table · time table · English
time table · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | time table |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “time table” in English
Rare enough to double-check
time table is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Alternative spelling of timetable.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for time table, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct English form is time table, spelled T-I-M-E- -T-A-B-L-E.
Definition
- 1Alternative spelling of timetable.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how time table appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
1908, Angellotti, Still v. San Francisco and Northwestern Railway Company, 154 Cal. 559, 98 Pac. 672, reprinted 1910, A.C. Freedman, ed., The American State Reports, vol. 129, page 183, Upon being made a conductor, he was given a printed schedule or time table of the various regular trains, on the back of which were printed what was styles "Time Table Rul…
ca. 1920, Annotated time table the tour through Canada of the ninth Congress of Chambers of Commerce of the British Empire, September-October nineteen-twenty, →ISBN.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.