tabliers

\ta.bli.je\

/\ta.bli.je\/ noun

The verdict

“tabliers” is uncommon French (frequency #52,387 among 3,703 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#52,387
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de tablier.

Corpus desk

Index FR-tabliers · tabliers · French

tabliers · rank #52,387 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #52,387
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tabarnak

Nearest frequency peer: tabarnak (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « tabliers »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « tabliers » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for tabliers
PropertyValue
Headwordtabliers
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.bli.je\
Letters8
Frequency rank#52,387
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « tabliers » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.tablierstombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Voisins rares de la même bande: « tabarnak » (#52,386), « taillent » (#52,388), « sévissait » (#52,385). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « tabliers » est au #52,387. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

tabliers is uncommon French at frequency #52,387 among 3,703 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed \ta.bli.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pluriel de tablier.".

We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for tabliers, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. 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's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is tabliers, spelled T-A-B-L-I-E-R-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de tablier.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Mais l’opérateur, lui, absorbe les rayons égarés — et ils sont nombreux — tout le jour et tous les jours ; il n’a encore que des moyens bien infidèles de protection : on lui a fait des lunettes, des gants, de grands tabliers où le plomb entre en plus ou moins grande quantité et arrête les rayons au passage, souvent, des fissures se produisent, ou, ces acc…

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 "tabliers"?
"tabliers" is spelled T-A-B-L-I-E-R-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.bli.je\.
What does "tabliers" mean?
As a noun, "tabliers" means: Pluriel de tablier.
How do you pronounce "tabliers"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tabliers" is \ta.bli.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tabliers" come from?
"tabliers" 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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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list