Which to use
“table” and “tae” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,013
- “table” frequency rank
- #29,559
- “tae” frequency rank
- 30572
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | table | tae |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Surface plane de bois, de pierre, de marbre, etc., posée sur un ou plusieurs pieds et qui sert à divers usages. | Pied. |
Where the eye mixes table and tae
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. table (\tabl\) and tae (\taɨ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30572, 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\. tae is at rank #29,559, tagged as anoun, pronounced \taɨ\.
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 30572, this pair ranks #309,401 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of table vs tae
Shared letters: aet. Private to "table": bl. Private to "tae": -.
"table" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tae" · 3 letters · shape CVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- table ← atble · tabble · tabel · tablle · talbe · tbale · ttable