time table

noun

"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.

Key facts for time table
PropertyValue
Headwordtime table
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters10
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “time table” in English

time tablefalls outside the top-100,000 ranked English words, the long-tail zone of technical, archaic, or low-frequency vocabulary, exactly where readers second-guess spellings most.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    Alternative spelling of timetable.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how time table appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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…
  2. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "time table"?
"time table" is spelled T-I-M-E- -T-A-B-L-E.
What does "time table" mean?
As a noun, "time table" means: Alternative spelling of timetable.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list