testsvstexteTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#3,854
“tests” frequency rank
#2,130
“texte” frequency rank
5984
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tests texte
Definition Plural des Substantivs test 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs texten

Letter map: tests vs texte

Shared letters muted; letters that set tests and texte apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
tests
5 ch
texte

Role in the sentence - tests and texte

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tests is anoun and texteaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tests is recorded at frequency rank #3,854, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. texte is at rank #2,130, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈtɛkstə].

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 5984, this pair ranks #1,993,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of tests vs texte

Shared letters: et. Private to "tests": s. Private to "texte": x.

"tests" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "texte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • testsetsts · tessts · testss · testts · tetss · ttests
  • texteetxte · tetxe · texet · textte · texxte · ttexte · txete

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "tests" for "texte" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "tests" is a noun and "texte" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "tests" or "texte"?
"texte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,130 in our German list, against #3,854 for "tests". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tests" and "texte".

  • Full dictionary entry for "tests" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "texte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,993,082 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tests" and "texte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tests". 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 #1,993,082 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