Which to use
“texte” and “textos” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #701
- “texte” frequency rank
- #19,174
- “textos” frequency rank
- 19875
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | texte | textos |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite ordonnée de mots écrits. | Pluriel de texto. |
Where the eye mixes texte and textos
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses texte with textos
A purely visual mix-up. texte (\tɛkst\) and textos (\tɛk.sto\) 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 19875, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
texte is recorded at frequency rank #701, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛkst\. textos is at rank #19,174, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛk.sto\.
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 19875, this pair ranks #371,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of texte vs textos
Shared letters: etx. Private to "texte": -. Private to "textos": os.
"texte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "textos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "texte" for "textos" ever safe?
Frequency check: "texte" vs "textos" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "texte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "textos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #371,099 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "texte" and "textos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "texans vs textos". 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 #371,099 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.