Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

text file

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.56 in modern English

Syllables
tex-t -file
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.

noun

A datafile in a character encoding that allows it to be read in a nonspecialized text editor.

Inflected Forms

text files (plural) textfile (alternative)

Synonyms

document

Questions

What does text file mean?
A datafile containing only plain, human-readable text, distinct from documents with embedded formatting.

How to pronounce text file

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