table basse
\ta.blə bas\
The verdict
“table basse” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Table au plateau plus bas que celui d’une table habituelle, destinée à recevoir par exemple verres et petites assiettes lors d’apéritifs, souvent placée devant un canapé ou des fauteuils.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | table basse |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ta.blə bas\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “table basse” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
table basse is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.blə bas\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Table au plateau plus bas que celui d’une table habituelle, destinée à recevoir par exemple verres et petites assiettes lors d’apéritifs, souvent placée devant un canapé ou des fauteuils.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for table basse, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
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 table basse, spelled T-A-B-L-E- -B-A-S-S-E.
Definition
- 1Table au plateau plus bas que celui d’une table habituelle, destinée à recevoir par exemple verres et petites assiettes lors d’apéritifs, souvent placée devant un canapé ou des fauteuils.
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.
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Using “table basse”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is T-A-B-L-E- -B-A-S-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ta.blə bas\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French 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.