tablas
[ˈt̪aβ̞las]
The verdict
“tablas” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #6,362 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #6,362
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 6
- letters
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Situación de un partido, especialmente en las damas y el ajedrez, en la que ninguno de los dos jugadores se lleva la victoria.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tablas |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈt̪aβ̞las] |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #6,362 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tablas” sits in Spanish frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for tablas is 6 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈt̪aβ̞las]. Corpus data places it at rank #6,362 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 7 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for tablas, with forms such as "atblas", "tabals", and "tabblas". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tala", "tasas", "talla", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is tablas, spelled T-A-B-L-A-S.
Definition
- 1Situación de un partido, especialmente en las damas y el ajedrez, en la que ninguno de los dos jugadores se lleva la victoria.
- 2Por extensión, situación en donde la partida está igualada.
- 3Espacio donde se realiza la representación de una obra y, por metonimia, la actividad profesional del teatro en general.
- 4Valla, barrera o tablazón que hay alrededor del ruedo o arena dentro de la cual se lidian los toros.
- 5Antiguo juego, similar al de las damas, en que las piezas o trebejos se mueven según lo que indiquen los dados.
- 6Piedras planas sobre las que, según la Biblia, se inscribieron los diez mandamientos (el Decálogo).
- 7Conjunto de tres tablillas que se hacen sonar, para diferentes funciones tradicionales, como indicar la cercanía de un leproso, despertar a los frailes de conventos, etc.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: atblas,tabals,tabblas,tablass,tabllas,tablsa,talbas,tavlas,tbalas,ttablas
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of tablas - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tablas”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-A-B-L-A-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈt̪aβ̞las] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “tala” - see the side-by-side comparison. tablas vs tala
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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.