# tenth vs text

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tenth
*adjective · IPA /tɛnθ/ · frequency rank #8,097*
The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.

### text
*noun · IPA /tɛkst/ · frequency rank #1,062*
A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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