Which to use
“table” is a noun and “tenable” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,013
- “table” frequency rank
- #41,038
- “tenable” frequency rank
- 42051
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | table | tenable |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Surface plane de bois, de pierre, de marbre, etc., posée sur un ou plusieurs pieds et qui sert à divers usages. | Se dit d'un lieu, d’un poste, d’une place où l’on peut se défendre, où l’on peut demeurer sans un trop grand péril. |
Where the eye mixes table and tenable
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: table vs tenable
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: table is \tabl\ while tenable is \tə.nabl\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42051, 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\. tenable is at rank #41,038, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tə.nabl\.
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 42051, this pair ranks #228,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of table vs tenable
Shared letters: abelt. Private to "table": -. Private to "tenable": n.
"table" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "tenable" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "table" for "tenable" ever safe?
Which is more common, "table" or "tenable"?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "table" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tenable" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #228,580 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "table" and "tenable" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tenable vs tenaille". 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 #228,580 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.