telefonierte

[teləfoˈniːɐ̯tə]

/[teləfoˈniːɐ̯tə]/ verb

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The verdict

“telefonierte” is uncommon German (frequency #50,097 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#50,097
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs telefonieren

Corpus desk

Index DE-telefonierte · telefonierte · German

telefonierte · rank #50,097 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #50,097
  • LEN-MEGA 12 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tatverdacht

Nearest frequency peer: Tatverdacht (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „telefonierte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „telefonierte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for telefonierte
PropertyValue
Headwordtelefonierte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[teləfoˈniːɐ̯tə]
Letters12
Frequency rank#50,097
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „telefonierte“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).telefoniertefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Tatverdacht“ (#50,096), „Tender“ (#50,098), „tatkräftige“ (#50,095). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „telefonierte“ bei #50,097. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

telefonierte is uncommon German at frequency #50,097 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed [teləfoˈniːɐ̯tə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.

telefonierte doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is telefonierte, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-I-E-R-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs telefonieren
  2. 2
    1. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs telefonieren
  3. 3
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs telefonieren
  4. 4
    3. Person Singular Konjunktiv II Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs telefonieren

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "telefonierte"?
"telefonierte" is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-I-E-R-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [teləfoˈniːɐ̯tə].
What does "telefonierte" mean?
As a verb, "telefonierte" means: 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs telefonieren
How do you pronounce "telefonierte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "telefonierte" is [teləfoˈniːɐ̯tə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "telefonierte" come from?
"telefonierte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "telefonierte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 12 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Stadtschloss#50,070Sonderschule#50,061Sinneswandel#50,056Silbermünzen#50,054

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list