textevstteConfusable pair

Quick tell: texte is a noun, tte is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“texte” is a noun and “tte” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#701
“texte” frequency rank
#36,628
“tte” frequency rank
37329
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature texte tte
Definition Suite ordonnée de mots écrits. Toute.

Where the eye mixes texte and tte

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

5 ch
texte
3 ch
tte

Why the eye confuses texte with tte

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: texte is \tɛkst\ while tte is \tut\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

texte is recorded at frequency rank #701, classified as anoun, pronounced \tɛkst\. tte is at rank #36,628, tagged as anadj, pronounced \tut\.

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 37329, this pair ranks #263,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of texte vs tte

Shared letters: et. Private to "texte": x. Private to "tte": -.

"texte" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "tte" · 3 letters · shape CCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • texteetxte · tetxe · texet · textte · texxte · ttexte · txete

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "texte" and "tte" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "texte" is a noun and "tte" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "texte" or "tte"?
"texte" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #701 in our French list, against #36,628 for "tte". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "texte" and "tte" 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 "tte" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #263,196 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "texte" and "tte" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tif vs tte". 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 #263,196 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list