teiltvsTextWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: teilt is a verb, Text is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“teilt” is a verb and “Text” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#3,923
“teilt” frequency rank
#914
“Text” frequency rank
4837
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature teilt Text
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs teilen mündliche oder schriftliche Folge von Sätzen, die miteinander syntaktisch und semantisch verbunden sind (Kohärenz, Kohäsion), eine abgeschlossene Einheit bilden (Kompletion) und eine bestimmte kommunikative Funktion (Textfunktion) erfüllen

Where the eye mixes teilt and Text

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

5 ch
teilt
4 ch
Text

Visual trap between teilt and Text

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: teilt is [taɪ̯lt] while Text is [tɛkst]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4837, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teilt is recorded at frequency rank #3,923, classified as averb, pronounced [taɪ̯lt]. Text is at rank #914, tagged as anoun, pronounced [tɛkst].

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 4837, this pair ranks #1,996,526 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of teilt vs Text

Shared letters: et. Private to "teilt": il. Private to "Text": x.

"teilt" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "Text" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • teiltetilt · teillt · teiltt · teitl · telit · tielt · tteilt
  • Textetxt · tetx · textt · texxt · ttext · txet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "teilt" and "Text" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "teilt" is a verb and "Text" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "teilt" vs "Text" - which ranks higher?
"Text" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #914 in our German list, against #3,923 for "teilt". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "teilt" and "Text" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "teilt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Text" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,996,526 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "teilt" and "Text" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taut vs Text". 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 #1,996,526 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list