Which to use
“text” and “texts” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,062
- “text” frequency rank
- #4,053
- “texts” frequency rank
- 5115
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | text | texts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences. | plural of text |
Where the eye mixes text and texts
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses text with texts
A purely visual mix-up. text (/tɛkst/) and texts (/tɛksts/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “text” sits inside “texts”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5115, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
text is recorded at frequency rank #1,062, classified as anoun, pronounced /tɛkst/. texts is at rank #4,053, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɛksts/.
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 5115, this pair ranks #516,527 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of text vs texts
Shared letters: etx. Private to "text": -. Private to "texts": s.
"text" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "texts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "text" and "texts" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "text" or "texts" 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 "text" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "texts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #516,527 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "text" and "texts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "texts vs tints". 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 #516,527 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.