# Texas

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈtɛk.səs/ · frequency rank #1,378

## Definitions
1. A state in the south-central region of the United States. Capital: Austin. Largest city: Houston.
2. Several places in the United States:
3. Several places in the United States:
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11. A locality in the Inverell council area, north eastern New South Wales, Australia, adjacent to the Queensland town.
12. A rural town in southeastern Queensland, Australia, adjacent to the New South Wales locality.
13. The University of Texas at Austin.
14. A unisex given name transferred from the place name.
15. A former sovereign country in North America that existed from 1836 to 1846.
16. A surname.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish Texas (also Tejas), from Hasinai Caddo táyshaʔ (“friend, ally”), used to refer to the Caddo nation.

## Easily confused with
- **text** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/texas-vs-text)
- **texts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/texas-vs-texts)
- **tea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tea-vs-texas)
- **Tex** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tex-vs-texas)
- **team** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/team-vs-texas)
- **tear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tear-vs-texas)
- **tens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tens-vs-texas)
- **Tees** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tees-vs-texas)
- **teal** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teal-vs-texas)
- **Tess** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tess-vs-texas)
- **teas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teas-vs-texas)
- **taxa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxa-vs-texas)
- **teak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teak-vs-texas)
- **terms** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/terms-vs-texas)
- **teams** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teams-vs-texas)
- **tells** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tells-vs-texas)
- **tests** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tests-vs-texas)
- **taxes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taxes-vs-texas)
- **tears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tears-vs-texas)
- **teens** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/teens-vs-texas)

## Common misspellings (7)
`etxas`, `teaxs`, `texass`, `texsa`, `texxas`, `ttexas`, `txeas`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/texas