tabvstariTell them apart

Which to use

“tab” and “tari” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#20,865
“tab” frequency rank
#48,822
“tari” frequency rank
69687
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tab tari
Definition Vignette attenant à un timbre situé en bord de feuille (ce terme est généralement utilisé pour parler des vignettes de bas de feuille des timbres israéliens). Boisson alcoolisée faite à partir de la sève des cocotiers et de certains palmiers. On dit aussi vin de palme.

Where the eye mixes tab and tari

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.

3 ch
tab
4 ch
tari

Look-alike desk: tab vs tari

A purely visual mix-up. tab (\tab\) and tari (\ta.ʁi\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69687, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tab is recorded at frequency rank #20,865, classified as anoun, pronounced \tab\. tari is at rank #48,822, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ta.ʁi\.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 69687, this pair ranks #54,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of tab vs tari

Shared letters: at. Private to "tab": b. Private to "tari": ir.

"tab" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "tari" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tariatri · tair · tarri · trai · ttari

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "tab" and "tari" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\tab\ versus \ta.ʁi\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "tab" or "tari"?
"tab" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #20,865 in our French list, against #48,822 for "tari". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tab" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tari" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #54,220 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tab" and "tari" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tari vs turf". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #54,220 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list