Which to use
“tex” is a noun and “Texas” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,048
- “tex” frequency rank
- #5,932
- “Texas” frequency rank
- 28980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tex | Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Unité de mesure du titrage (masse linéique) des fils et filés, équivalant à 10⁻⁶ kg/m. Son symbole est tx. | Vaste État des États-Unis (code postal TX), bordé par la Louisiane à l’est, l’Arkansas au nord-est, l’Oklahoma au nord, le Nouveau-Mexique à l’ouest, le Mexique (Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León et Tamaulipas) et du golfe du Mexique au sud, et dont la capitale est Austin. |
Where the eye mixes tex and Texas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: tex vs Texas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: tex is \tɛks\ while Texas is \tɛk.sas\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “tex” sits inside “Texas”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs name), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tex is recorded at frequency rank #23,048, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛks\. Texas is at rank #5,932, tagged as aname, pronounced \tɛk.sas\.
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 28980, this pair ranks #319,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tex vs Texas
Shared letters: etx. Private to "tex": -. Private to "Texas": as.
"tex" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Texas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Texas ← etxas · teaxs · texass · texsa · texxas · ttexas · txeas
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tex" for "Texas" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tex" vs "Texas" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tex" and "Texas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tex" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Texas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #319,480 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tex" and "Texas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tex vs tif". 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 #319,480 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.