Which to use
“table” and “tableur” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,013
- “table” frequency rank
- #49,384
- “tableur” frequency rank
- 50397
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | table | tableur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Surface plane de bois, de pierre, de marbre, etc., posée sur un ou plusieurs pieds et qui sert à divers usages. | Fabricant de table d'harmonie pour les instruments de musique. |
Where the eye mixes table and tableur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: table vs tableur
A purely visual mix-up. table (\tabl\) and tableur (\ta.blœʁ\) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “table” sits inside “tableur”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50397, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
table is recorded at frequency rank #1,013, classified as anoun, pronounced \tabl\. tableur is at rank #49,384, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ta.blœʁ\.
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 50397, this pair ranks #162,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of table vs tableur
Shared letters: abelt. Private to "table": -. Private to "tableur": ru.
"table" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tableur" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "table" and "tableur" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "table" or "tableur"?
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 "table" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tableur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #162,980 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "table" and "tableur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tableur vs tacler". 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 #162,980 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.