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“telefonisch” and “telefonische” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,758
- “telefonisch” frequency rank
- #32,308
- “telefonische” frequency rank
- 43066
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telefonisch | telefonische |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | das Telefon betreffend | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs telefonisch |
Where the eye mixes telefonisch and telefonische
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 11 letters in sequence. telefonisch runs 11 letters (CVCVCVCVCCC) against telefonische's 12 (CVCVCVCVCCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: telefonisch vs telefonische
A purely visual mix-up. telefonisch ([teləˈfoːnɪʃ]) and telefonische ([teləˈfoːnɪʃə]) 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 extra letter(s) - “telefonisch” sits inside “telefonische”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43066, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
telefonisch is recorded at frequency rank #10,758, classified as anadj, pronounced [teləˈfoːnɪʃ]. telefonische is at rank #32,308, tagged as anadj, pronounced [teləˈfoːnɪʃə].
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 43066, this pair ranks #1,429,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of telefonisch vs telefonische
Shared letters: cefhilnost. Private to "telefonisch": -. Private to "telefonische": -.
"telefonisch" · 11 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCC · "telefonische" · 12 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- telefonisch ← etlefonisch · teelfonisch · teleffonisch · telefnoisch · telefoinsch · telefonicsh · telefoniscch · telefonischh
- telefonische ← etlefonische · teelfonische · teleffonische · telefnoische · telefoinsche · telefonicshe · telefoniscche · telefonisceh
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "telefonisch" and "telefonische" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "telefonisch" or "telefonische" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "telefonisch" and "telefonische" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "telefonisch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "telefonische" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,429,675 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telefonisch" and "telefonische" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Telefonbuch vs telefonisch". 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 #1,429,675 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.