texel
/ˈtɛk.səl/noun
texel is spelled T-E-X-E-L: 5 letters and 2 syllables. It appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, texel means “An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of texel is texels.
How many letters and syllables are in texel?
| Letters | 5: T-E-X-E-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2 (from its pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 12 million words; the 102,771st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is texel?
Texel appears about once in every 12 million words in written English, the 102,771st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce texel?
- /ˈtɛk.səl/
Texel has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What rhymes with texel?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as texel (/ɛksəl/).
Spelled with the same letters in another order: telex.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of texel
- texels plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does texel mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An image representing the smallest unit of a texture that may be repeated to tile a region of the display.
noun
- 1
A domestic sheep of a heavily-muscled breed originally from the island of Texel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Texel in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense image representing the smallest unit of a texture:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | texel |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does texel come from?
Blend of texture + element, by analogy with pixel.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).