Telefonie

/[teləfoˈniː]/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,241

in German word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

8

similar word pairs

Telefonie is aGermannoun. It means: Technik der Sprachübertragung aus der Entfernung Pronounced [teləfoˈniː]. Often confused with Telefons and Telefonsex.

Key facts for Telefonie
PropertyValue
HeadwordTelefonie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[teləfoˈniː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#37,241
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Telefonie in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Telefonie is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [teləfoˈniː]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,241 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Technik der Sprachübertragung aus der Entfernung".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Telefonie, with forms such as "etlefonie", "teelfonie", and "teleffonie". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "Telefons", "Telefonsex", "telefoniert", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Telefonie, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-I-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Technik der Sprachübertragung aus der Entfernung

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etlefonie,teelfonie,teleffonie,telefnoie,telefoine,telefonei,telefonnie,teleofnie,telfeonie,tellefonie,tleefonie,ttelefonie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Telefonie

Misspelling Variants of "Telefonie"

etlefonie9teelfonie9teleffonie10telefnoie9telefoine9telefonei9telefonnie10teleofnie9
Misspelling Variants of "Telefonie"

Frequency rank: #37,241 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Telefonie"?
"Telefonie" is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [teləfoˈniː].
What does "Telefonie" mean?
As a noun, "Telefonie" means: Technik der Sprachübertragung aus der Entfernung
What words are commonly confused with "Telefonie"?
"Telefonie" is commonly confused with "Telefons", "Telefonsex", "telefoniert". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Telefonie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Telefonie" is [teləfoˈniː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Telefonie" come from?
"Telefonie" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.