tabla
\ta.bla\
The verdict
“tabla” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Instrument de percussion indien.
Corpus desk
Index FR-tabla · tabla · French
tabla · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tabla |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.bla\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « tabla » en français
Rare enough to double-check
tabla is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.bla\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Instrument de percussion indien.".
tabla doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct French form is tabla, spelled T-A-B-L-A.
Definition
- 1Instrument de percussion indien.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how tabla appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Quelque-chose de véritablement effroyable, en revanche : le concerto pour tabla et orchestre de Ravi Shankar, dirigé par André Previn.
Cet artiste immensément populaire [Ahmad Zahir] avait révolutionné la musique afghane et outragé les puristes en mêlant guitares électriques, batteries et cors aux traditionnels tablas et harmoniums.
This word in other languages
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.