tablature
\ta.bla.tyʁ\
The verdict
“tablature” is uncommon French (frequency #89,231 among 164,488 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #89,231
- frequency rank, French
- 164,488
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Pièce de musique qui est écrite sur un papier, qui est tirée à cinq ou six lignes, et qui est en notes, en chiffres ou en lettres pour servir à apprendre la musique vocale ou instrumentale.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | tablature |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.bla.tyʁ\ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #89,231 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “tablature” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
tablature is uncommon French at frequency #89,231 among 164,488 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.bla.tyʁ\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No generated misspelling entries exist for tablature in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is tablature, spelled T-A-B-L-A-T-U-R-E.
Definition
- 1Pièce de musique qui est écrite sur un papier, qui est tirée à cinq ou six lignes, et qui est en notes, en chiffres ou en lettres pour servir à apprendre la musique vocale ou instrumentale.
- 2Système schématisé de notation musicale pour un instrument qui indique les doigtés et le rythme.
- 3Ce qui sert d’enseignement.
- 4Ce qui sert d’enseignement.
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); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “tablature”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-B-L-A-T-U-R-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.bla.tyʁ\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.