Which to use
“team” is a noun and “Texan” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #203
- “team” frequency rank
- #23,129
- “Texan” frequency rank
- 23332
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | team | Texan |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A set of draught animals, such as two horses in front of a carriage. | Of or pertaining to the inhabitants of the U.S. state of Texas. |
Where the eye mixes team and Texan
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: team vs Texan
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: team is /tiːm/ while Texan is /ˈtɛksən/. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23332, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
team is recorded at frequency rank #203, classified as anoun, pronounced /tiːm/. Texan is at rank #23,129, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈtɛksən/.
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 23332, this pair ranks #410,098 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of team vs Texan
Shared letters: aet. Private to "team": m. Private to "Texan": nx.
"team" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "Texan" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "team" for "Texan" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "team" or "Texan" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "team" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Texan" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,098 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "team" and "Texan" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Teton vs Texan". 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 #410,098 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.