Telefonleitung
[teləˈfoːnˌlaɪ̯tʊŋ]
The verdict
“Telefonleitung” is uncommon German (frequency #67,774 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,774
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Leitung, die dazu dient, Telefongespräche zu transportieren
Corpus desk
Index DE-telefonleitung · Telefonleitung · German
Telefonleitung · rank #67,774 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,774
- LEN-MEGA 14 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Teilnehmerzah…
Nearest frequency peer: Teilnehmerzahlen (-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 „Telefonleitung“
Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer
- Teflon
Teflon
32,230 corpus weight
- Teilnehmers
Teilnehmers
32,229 corpus weight
- Teilnehmerz…
Teilnehmerzahlen
32,228 corpus weight
- Telefonleit…
Telefonleitung
32,227 corpus weight
- temperament…
temperamentvolle
32,226 corpus weight
- Temperatura…
Temperaturanstieg
32,225 corpus weight
What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Telefonleitung“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Telefonleitung |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teləˈfoːnˌlaɪ̯tʊŋ] |
| Letters | 14 |
| Frequency rank | #67,774 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Telefonleitung“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Telefonleitung is uncommon German at frequency #67,774 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [teləˈfoːnˌlaɪ̯tʊŋ]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Leitung, die dazu dient, Telefongespräche zu transportieren".
No generated misspelling entries exist for Telefonleitung in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct German form is Telefonleitung, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-L-E-I-T-U-N-G.
Definition
- 1Leitung, die dazu dient, Telefongespräche zu transportieren
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Telefonleitung appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Telefonleitung war defekt, sodass man nicht telefonieren konnte.
„Sie preßt eine Hand vor den Mund, damit ihr Triumphgefühl nicht überschwappt und in die Telefonleitung gerät.“
This word in other languages
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.
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