tabouret

/\ta.bu.ʁɛ\/ noun

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#23,044

in French word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

1

similar word pairs

tabouret is aFrenchnoun. It means: Petit siège sans dossier ni bras, souvent avec trois ou quatre pieds. Pronounced \ta.bu.ʁɛ\. Often confused with tabourets.

Key facts for tabouret
PropertyValue
Headwordtabouret
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ta.bu.ʁɛ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,044
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of tabouret in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for tabouret is 8 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ta.bu.ʁɛ\. Corpus data places it at rank #23,044 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 6 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for tabouret, with forms such as "atbouret", "tabbouret", and "taboruet". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "tabourets", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is tabouret, spelled T-A-B-O-U-R-E-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Petit siège sans dossier ni bras, souvent avec trois ou quatre pieds.
  2. 2
    Siège utilisé par les duchesses pour s’asseoir en présence du roi, de la reine.
  3. 3
    Siège sur lequel étaient exposés en place publique ceux qui avaient été condamnés à une peine infamante.
  4. 4
    Dispositif de raccordement d’une canalisation au réseau.
  5. 5
    Charpente supportant la flèche d’une église.
  6. 6
    Nom donné à diverses Brassicaceae du genre Iberis, du genre Noccaea et du genre Thlaspi.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: atbouret,tabbouret,taboruet,tabouert,tabourett,tabourret,tabourte,tabuoret,taoburet,tbaouret,ttabouret

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for tabouret

Misspelling Variants of "tabouret"

atbouret8tabbouret9taboruet8tabouert8tabourett9tabourret9tabourte8tabuoret8
Misspelling Variants of "tabouret"

Frequency rank: #23,044 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "tabouret"?
"tabouret" is spelled T-A-B-O-U-R-E-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ta.bu.ʁɛ\.
What does "tabouret" mean?
As a noun, "tabouret" means: Petit siège sans dossier ni bras, souvent avec trois ou quatre pieds.
What words are commonly confused with "tabouret"?
"tabouret" is commonly confused with "tabourets". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "tabouret"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "tabouret" is \ta.bu.ʁɛ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "tabouret" come from?
"tabouret" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.