TextvsthxTell them apart

Quick tell: Text is a noun, thx is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#914
“Text” frequency rank
#32,809
“thx” frequency rank
33723
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Text thx
Definition 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 danke

Letter map: Text vs thx

Shared letters muted; letters that set Text and thx apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

4 ch
Text
3 ch
thx

Part-of-speech tell for Text / thx

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Text is anoun and thxanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33723, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Text is recorded at frequency rank #914, classified as anoun, pronounced [tɛkst]. thx is at rank #32,809, tagged as anabbrev.

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 33723, this pair ranks #1,679,512 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Text vs thx

Shared letters: tx. Private to "Text": e. Private to "thx": h.

"Text" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "thx" · 3 letters · shape CCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Textetxt · tetx · textt · texxt · ttext · txet

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Text" and "thx" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Text" is a noun and "thx" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Text" or "thx"?
"Text" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #914 in our German list, against #32,809 for "thx". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "Text" vs "thx" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Text" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "thx" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,679,512 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Text" and "thx" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "thx vs thy". 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 #1,679,512 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