tejovstextoConfusable pair

Which to use

“tejo” and “texto” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#46,836
“tejo” frequency rank
#927
“texto” frequency rank
47763
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature tejo texto
Definition Pedazo de piedra plana y redondeada, o trozo de teja que se usa en diversos juegos. Registro, especialmente si escrito, de un enunciado o una serie de ellos

Where the eye mixes tejo and texto

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

4 ch
tejo
5 ch
texto

Visual trap between tejo and texto

A purely visual mix-up. tejo ([ˈt̪exo]) and texto ([ˈt̪ekst̪o]) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

tejo is recorded at frequency rank #46,836, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪exo]. texto is at rank #927, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ekst̪o].

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 47763, this pair ranks #118,254 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of tejo vs texto

Shared letters: eot. Private to "tejo": j. Private to "texto": x.

"tejo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "texto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • tejoetjo · tejjo · teoj · tjeo · ttejo
  • textoetxto · tetxo · texot · textto · texxto · ttexto · txeto

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "tejo" and "texto" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ˈt̪exo] versus [ˈt̪ekst̪o]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "tejo" or "texto" show up more?
"texto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #927 in our Spanish list, against #46,836 for "tejo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "tejo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "texto" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #118,254 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "tejo" and "texto" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tapo vs tejo". 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 #118,254 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list