texas
tex·as/ˈtɛk.səs/noun
texas is spelled T-E-X-A-S: 5 letters and 2 syllables (tex·as). It appears 78 times per million words in written English, the 1,369th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Texas, the name). As a noun, texas means “The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of texas is texases.
How many letters and syllables are in texas?
| Letters | 5: T-E-X-A-S |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: tex·as |
| In writing | 78 times per million words; the 1,369th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is texas?
Texas appears 78 times per million words in written English, the 1,369th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Texas, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce texas?
- /ˈtɛk.səs/
- /ˈtɛk.sɪs/
- /ˈtɛk.sɪz/
Texas has 2 syllables, split tex·as in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-Texas.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of texas
- texases plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does texas mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
The topmost cabin deck on a steamboat.
She has sixty one staterooms in the main cabin, twenty four extra rooms in the texas for passengers, a nursery for servants and children, and a cabin adjoining the nursery in which are staterooms for fifty passengers.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does texas come from?
From the practice of naming cabins after US states, the state of Texas having been recently admitted to the Union.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).