Telefonsex
[teləˈfoːnˌsɛks]
The verdict
“Telefonsex” is a moderately-common German word, ranked #37,812 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #37,812
- frequency rank, German
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - intime oder obszöne Telefongespräche zum Zwecke der sexuellen Befriedigung
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 | Telefonsex |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teləˈfoːnˌsɛks] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #37,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Telefonsex” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Telefonsex is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [teləˈfoːnˌsɛks]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,812 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "intime oder obszöne Telefongespräche zum Zwecke der sexuellen Befriedigung".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for Telefonsex, with forms such as "etlefonsex", "teelfonsex", and "teleffonsex". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Telefone", "Telefons", "Telefonie", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct German form is Telefonsex, spelled T-E-L-E-F-O-N-S-E-X.
Definition
- 1intime oder obszöne Telefongespräche zum Zwecke der sexuellen Befriedigung
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: etlefonsex,teelfonsex,teleffonsex,telefnosex,telefonesx,telefonnsex,telefonsexx,telefonssex,telefonsxe,telefosnex,teleofnsex,telfeonsex,tellefonsex,tleefonsex,ttelefonsex
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Telefonsex - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 “Telefonsex”
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-S-E-X - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [teləˈfoːnˌsɛks] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Telefone” - see the side-by-side comparison. Telefonsex vs Telefone
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words
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.