Text
[tɛkst]
The verdict
“Text” has 6 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #914. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #914
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - mündliche oder schriftliche Folge von Sätzen, die miteinander syntaktisch und semantisch verbunden sind (Kohärenz, Kohäsion), eine abgeschlossene Einheit bilden (Kompletion) und eine bestimmte komm...
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Index DE-text · Text · German
Text · rank #914 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-CORE #914
- LEN-MID 4 letters
- VOW-1 1 vowel
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH sowas
Nearest frequency peer: sowas (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “Text”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- selten
selten
99,090 corpus weight
- sieben
sieben
99,089 corpus weight
- sowas
sowas
99,088 corpus weight
- Text
Text
99,087 corpus weight
- unbedingt
unbedingt
99,086 corpus weight
- unterwegs
unterwegs
99,085 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “Text” sits against the nearest ranked German headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Text |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [tɛkst] |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #914 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Text” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Text (IPA [tɛkst]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #914 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Text, with forms such as "etxt", "tetx", and "textt". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "tut", "tot", "tit", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Text, spelled T-E-X-T.
Definition
- 1mündliche 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
- 2Sprachinformation
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Text appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Sätze dieses Textes bilden eine sprachliche Einheit. In Grenzfällen kann man auch von Ein-Wort-Texten sprechen, etwa bei Ausrufen.
„Die Auswahl von Texten und ihre Zusammenstellung in einem Textkorpus ist ebenso wie die theoretische Verankerung des Analysevorhabens ein methodischer Vorgang, der in hohem Maße Einfluß auf die Ergebnisse hat.“
Synonyms
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxt
- tetx
- textt
- texxt
- ttext
- txet
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Text - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Text", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
You've looked up "Text". Here's where to go from here.
- "Text" maps to 20 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "tut". View pair
- 6 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #914 among German headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more German words in the "T" letter cohort. T–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.