Which to use
“texte” and “texture” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #701
- “texte” frequency rank
- #13,278
- “texture” frequency rank
- 13979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | texte | texture |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Suite ordonnée de mots écrits. | Action de tisser, état d’une chose tissée. |
Where the eye mixes texte and texture
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses texte with texture
A purely visual mix-up. texte (\tɛkst\) and texture (\tɛks.tyʁ\) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
texte is recorded at frequency rank #701, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛkst\. texture is at rank #13,278, tagged as anoun, pronounced \tɛks.tyʁ\.
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 13979, this pair ranks #398,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of texte vs texture
Shared letters: etx. Private to "texte": -. Private to "texture": ru.
"texte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "texture" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "texte" and "texture" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "texte" vs "texture" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "texte" and "texture" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "texte" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "texture" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #398,722 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "texte" and "texture" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "textuel vs texture". 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 #398,722 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.