Which to use
“tabac” and “table” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,191
- “tabac” frequency rank
- #1,013
- “table” frequency rank
- 5204
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tabac | table |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plante herbacée du genre botanique Nicotiana de la famille des Solanacées, originaire des Amériques, qui est cultivée pour ses grandes feuilles dont on extrait le tabac à fumer, priser ou à chiquer. | Surface plane de bois, de pierre, de marbre, etc., posée sur un ou plusieurs pieds et qui sert à divers usages. |
Where the eye mixes tabac and table
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses tabac with table
A purely visual mix-up. tabac (\ta.ba\) and table (\tabl\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tabac is recorded at frequency rank #4,191, classified as anoun, pronounced \ta.ba\. table is at rank #1,013, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tabl\.
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 5204, this pair ranks #429,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tabac vs table
Shared letters: abt. Private to "tabac": c. Private to "table": el.
"tabac" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "table" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tabac" and "table" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "tabac" or "table" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tabac" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "table" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #429,654 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tabac" and "table" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "table vs tableur". 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 #429,654 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.