Telefonnummer
[teləˈfoːnˌnʊmɐ]
The verdict
“Telefonnummer” has 16 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #6,112. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #6,112
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
- 16
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - eine eindeutige Nummer in einem Vorwahlbereich, die einem Telefonanschluss zugeordnet ist
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Telefonnummer |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teləˈfoːnˌnʊmɐ] |
| Letters | 13 |
| Frequency rank | #6,112 |
| Misspellings tracked | 16 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Telefonnummer” sits in German frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 16 spelling variants around Telefonnummer (IPA [teləˈfoːnˌnʊmɐ]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #6,112 among 35,386 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "eine eindeutige Nummer in einem Vorwahlbereich, die einem Telefonanschluss zugeordnet ist".
Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for Telefonnummer, with forms such as "etlefonnummer", "teelfonnummer", and "teleffonnummer". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Telefonnummern", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Telefonnummer, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-N-U-M-M-E-R.
Definition
- 1eine eindeutige Nummer in einem Vorwahlbereich, die einem Telefonanschluss zugeordnet ist
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etlefonnummer
- teelfonnummer
- teleffonnummer
- telefnonummer
- telefonnmumer
- telefonnumemr
- telefonnumer
- telefonnummerr
- telefonnummre
- telefonummer
- telefonunmmer
- teleofnnummer
- telfeonnummer
- tellefonnummer
- tleefonnummer
- ttelefonnummer
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Telefonnummer - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “Telefonnummer”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-L-E-F-O-N-N-U-M-M-E-R - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [teləˈfoːnˌnʊmɐ] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Telefonnummern” - see the side-by-side comparison. Telefonnummer vs Telefonnummern
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.