tabellion

\ta.bɛ.ljɔ̃\

/\ta.bɛ.ljɔ̃\/ noun

The verdict

“tabellion” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Officier public qui, dans les juridictions subalternes et seigneuriales, faisait fonction de notaire.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tabellion · tabellion · French

tabellion · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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 tabellion
PropertyValue
Headwordtabellion
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.bɛ.ljɔ̃\
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tabellion » en français

tabellionsiège au-delà des 100.000 formes les plus fréquentes du français, dans la traîne du lexique spécialisé ou peu usité.

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

Rare enough to double-check

tabellion is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.bɛ.ljɔ̃\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.

No misspelling variants are generated for tabellion in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tabellion, spelled T-A-B-E-L-L-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Officier public qui, dans les juridictions subalternes et seigneuriales, faisait fonction de notaire.
  2. 2
    Documents ou fonds de documents produits par le tabellion.
  3. 3
    ou Notaire.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Il s’était rendu tout droit chez l’unique tabellion de l’endroit, lequel s’appelait maître Niquet.
  2. Pardonnez-moi, monsieur l’évêque, dit-elle en riant toujours, mais vous vous exprimez comme un tabellion. Ce n’est pas une déclaration d’amour, cela, c’est un inventaire !

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 "tabellion"?
"tabellion" is spelled T-A-B-E-L-L-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.bɛ.ljɔ̃\.
What does "tabellion" mean?
As a noun, "tabellion" means: Officier public qui, dans les juridictions subalternes et seigneuriales, faisait fonction de notaire.
How do you pronounce "tabellion"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tabellion" is \ta.bɛ.ljɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tabellion" come from?
"tabellion" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list