textovstextosWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: texto is a adverb, textos is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“texto” is an adverb and “textos” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#14,164
“texto” frequency rank
#19,174
“textos” frequency rank
33338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature texto textos
Definition Mot à mot ; textuellement. Pluriel de texto.

Same sound, different letters: texto vs textos

Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters.

5 ch
texto
6 ch
textos

Same sound, different spelling - texto / textos

Say them out loud and nothing separates them: texto and textos carry the same recorded pronunciation, \tɛk.sto\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadverb, the other anoun, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “texto” sits inside “textos”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

texto is recorded at frequency rank #14,164, classified as anadv, pronounced \tɛk.sto\. 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 33338, this pair ranks #291,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of texto vs textos

Shared letters: eotx. Private to "texto": -. Private to "textos": s.

"texto" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "textos" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • textoetxto · tetxo · texot · textto · texxto · ttexto · txeto
  • textosetxtos · tetxos · texots · textoss · textso · texttos · texxtos · ttextos

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "texto" and "textos" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "texto" is an adverb and "textos" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary French text, does "texto" or "textos" show up more?
"texto" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #14,164 in our French list, against #19,174 for "textos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.

  • Full dictionary entry for "texto" 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 #291,302 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "texto" and "textos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "texto vs tinto". 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 #291,302 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