Telefonseelsorge

[ˈteːləfoːnˌzeːlzɔʁɡə]

/[ˈteːləfoːnˌzeːlzɔʁɡə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Telefonseelsorge” is uncommon German (frequency #65,755 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#65,755
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Inbegriff für seelsorgerliche Gespräche beziehungsweise Dienste, die telefonisch und anonym durchgeführt werden; die telefonische Beratung von Menschen in persönlichen Problemsituationen

Corpus desk

Index DE-telefonseelsorge · Telefonseelsorge · German

Telefonseelsorge · rank #65,755 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #65,755
  • LEN-MEGA 16 letters
  • VOW-7 7 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH Tanzkurs

Nearest frequency peer: Tanzkurs (-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 „Telefonseelsorge“

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

corpus weight

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

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Telefonseelsorge
PropertyValue
HeadwordTelefonseelsorge
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈteːləfoːnˌzeːlzɔʁɡə]
Letters16
Frequency rank#65,755
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Telefonseelsorge“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Telefonseelsorgefällt 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: „Tanzkurs“ (#65,754), „Talkrunde“ (#65,753), „Tennisplätze“ (#65,758). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Telefonseelsorge“ bei #65,755. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Telefonseelsorge is uncommon German at frequency #65,755 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈteːləfoːnˌzeːlzɔʁɡə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Inbegriff für seelsorgerliche Gespräche beziehungsweise Dienste, die telefonisch und anonym durchgeführt werden; die telefonische Beratung von Menschen in persönlichen Problemsituationen".

Telefonseelsorge doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Telefonseelsorge, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-S-E-E-L-S-O-R-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Inbegriff für seelsorgerliche Gespräche beziehungsweise Dienste, die telefonisch und anonym durchgeführt werden; die telefonische Beratung von Menschen in persönlichen Problemsituationen

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Telefonseelsorge appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Telefonseelsorge wird zum überwiegenden Teil durch Ehrenamtliche geleistet.
  2. „Frau Bayer, gleichfalls Theologin, leitet die Telephonseelsorge.“

Antonyms

Internetseelsorge

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 "Telefonseelsorge"?
"Telefonseelsorge" is spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-S-E-E-L-S-O-R-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈteːləfoːnˌzeːlzɔʁɡə].
What does "Telefonseelsorge" mean?
As a noun, "Telefonseelsorge" means: Inbegriff für seelsorgerliche Gespräche beziehungsweise Dienste, die telefonisch und anonym durchgeführt werden; die telefonische Beratung von Menschen in persönlichen Problemsituationen
How do you pronounce "Telefonseelsorge"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Telefonseelsorge" is [ˈteːləfoːnˌzeːlzɔʁɡə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Telefonseelsorge" come from?
"Telefonseelsorge" 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 "Telefonseelsorge", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 16 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list