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

#10,428
“textil” frequency rank
#13,801
“textiles” frequency rank
24229
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature textil textiles
Definition Perteneciente o relacionado con los tejidos. Forma del plural de textil.

Where the eye mixes textil and textiles

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.

6 ch
textil
8 ch
textiles

Look-alike desk: textil vs textiles

A purely visual mix-up. textil ([t̪eksˈt̪il]) and textiles ([t̪eksˈt̪iles]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “textil” sits inside “textiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24229, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

textil is recorded at frequency rank #10,428, classified as anadj, pronounced [t̪eksˈt̪il]. textiles is at rank #13,801, tagged as anadj, pronounced [t̪eksˈt̪iles].

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 24229, this pair ranks #242,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of textil vs textiles

Shared letters: eiltx. Private to "textil": -. Private to "textiles": s.

"textil" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "textiles" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • textiletxtil · tetxil · texitl · textill · textli · texttil · texxtil · ttextil
  • textilesetxtiles · tetxiles · texitles · textiels · textiless · textilles · textilse · textlies

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "textil" and "textiles" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([t̪eksˈt̪il] versus [t̪eksˈt̪iles]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "textil" or "textiles" show up more?
"textil" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,428 in our Spanish list, against #13,801 for "textiles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "textil" and "textiles" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "textil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "textiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #242,130 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "textil" and "textiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "textiles vs textuales". 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 #242,130 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