Text

/[tɛkst]/ noun

Letters

4 characters

Frequency Rank

#914

in German word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

Text is aGermannoun. It means: mündliche oder schriftliche Folge von Sätzen, die miteinander syntaktisch und semantisch verbunden sind (Kohärenz, Kohäsion), eine abgeschlossene Einheit bilden (Kompletion) und eine bestimmte komm... Pronounced [tɛkst]. It ranks #914 in German word frequency. Often confused with tut and tot.

Key facts for Text
PropertyValue
HeadwordText
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tɛkst]
Letters4
Frequency rank#914
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Text in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Text is 4 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [tɛkst]. Corpus data places it at rank #914 in overall German word frequency, putting it firmly in the everyday core of the language.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for Text, with forms such as "etxt", "tetx", and "textt". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.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.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Text, spelled T-E-X-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    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
  2. 2
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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etxt,tetx,textt,texxt,ttext,txet

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Text

Misspelling Variants of "Text"

etxt4tetx4textt5texxt5ttext5txet4
Misspelling Variants of "Text"

Frequency rank: #914 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Text"?
"Text" is spelled T-E-X-T. The IPA pronunciation is [tɛkst].
What does "Text" mean?
As a noun, "Text" means: mündliche oder schriftliche Folge von Sätzen, die miteinander syntaktisch und semantisch verbunden sind (Kohärenz, Kohäsion), eine abgeschlossene Einheit bilden (Kompletion) und eine bestimmte komm...
What words are commonly confused with "Text"?
"Text" is commonly confused with "tut", "tot", "tit". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Text"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Text" is [tɛkst]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Text" come from?
"Text" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter T in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.