retable

\ʁə.tabl\

/\ʁə.tabl\/ noun

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The verdict

“retable” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #39,505. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,505
frequency rank, French
5,742
“R” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
14
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pièce d’architecture contre laquelle est appuyé l’autel et dont le fond, placé au-dessus de l’autel, contient un tableau, un bas-relief, une statue, etc.

Corpus desk

Index FR-retable · retable · French

retable · rank #39,505 · 10 variants · 14 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,505
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 14 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-DENSE 5,742
  • PHOTO-FINISH restrictif

Nearest frequency peer: restrictif (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « retable »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « retable » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

retable vs retail
71% similar
retable vs rétabli
71% similar
retable vs retarde
71% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for retable
PropertyValue
Headwordretable
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ʁə.tabl\
Letters7
Frequency rank#39,505
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs14
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « retable »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.retablese place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « restrictif » (#39,504), « retardés » (#39,506), « respectera » (#39,503). Parmi 5,742 lemmes en « R », « retable » est au #39,505. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around retable (IPA \ʁə.tabl\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,505 among 5,742 “R” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for retable, with forms such as "ertable", "reatble", and "retabble". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 14 confusable-pair relationships, "retail", "rétabli", "retarde", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is retable, spelled R-E-T-A-B-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pièce d’architecture contre laquelle est appuyé l’autel et dont le fond, placé au-dessus de l’autel, contient un tableau, un bas-relief, une statue, etc.
  2. 2
    Tableau d’autel.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Le Regina coeli du musicien flamand Lassus n’a-t-il pas la bonne foi, l’allure candide et baroque de certaines statues de retables ou des tableaux religieux du vieux Brueghel ?
  2. Il n'était pas du village. C'était un peintre, le fameux Matthias Grunewald. Le peintre du retable.

This word in other languages

retable(English)retablo(Español)Altarretabel(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ertable
  • reatble
  • retabble
  • retabel
  • retablle
  • retalbe
  • retbale
  • rettable
  • rretable
  • rteable

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of retable - 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.

ertable2reatble2retabble1retabel2retablle1retalbe2retbale2rettable1
Edit distance from "retable"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "retable"?
"retable" is spelled R-E-T-A-B-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ʁə.tabl\.
What does "retable" mean?
As a noun, "retable" means: Pièce d’architecture contre laquelle est appuyé l’autel et dont le fond, placé au-dessus de l’autel, contient un tableau, un bas-relief, une statue, etc.
What words are commonly confused with "retable"?
"retable" is commonly confused with "retail", "rétabli", "retarde". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "retable"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "retable" is \ʁə.tabl\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "retable" come from?
"retable" is a French word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "retable", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

rollers#39,512Romulus#39,513rotatif#39,516Purcell#39,482

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

siroter10 variantspirouette10 variantsPinault10 variantspayable10 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list