# text

> English word · Noun · IPA /tɛkst/ · frequency rank #1,062

## Definitions
1. A writing consisting of multiple glyphs, characters, symbols or sentences.
2. A book, tome or other set of writings.
3. Ellipsis of text message, a brief written message transmitted between mobile phones.
4. Data which can be interpreted as human-readable text.
5. A verse or passage of Scripture, especially one chosen as the subject of a sermon, or in proof of a doctrine.
6. Anything chosen as the subject of an argument, literary composition, etc.
7. A style of writing in large characters; also, a kind of type used in printing.

## Etymology
From Middle English text, from Old French texte (“text”), from Medieval Latin textus (“the Scriptures, text, treatise”), from Latin textus (“style or texture of a work”), perfect passive participle of texō (“to weave”). Cognate to English texture.

## Easily confused with
- **TX** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tx)
- **TT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tt)
- **tit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tit)
- **TNT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tnt)
- **tot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tot)
- **tut** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tut)
- **tux** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tux)
- **THT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tht)
- **that** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-that)
- **tilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tilt)
- **twat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-twat)
- **tint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tint)
- **trot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-trot)
- **tout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tout)
- **tort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tort)
- **toot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-toot)
- **twit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-twit)
- **thot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-thot)
- **tuft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-tuft)
- **treat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/text-vs-treat)

## Common misspellings (6)
`etxt`, `tetx`, `textt`, `texxt`, `ttext`, `txet`

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