Telegrafie
[teleɡʁaˈfiː]
The verdict
“Telegrafie” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Nachrichtenübermittlung über Telegrafen
Corpus desk
Index DE-telegrafie · Telegrafie · German
Telegrafie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Telegrafie |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teleɡʁaˈfiː] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „Telegrafie“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
Telegrafie is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [teleɡʁaˈfiː]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Nachrichtenübermittlung über Telegrafen".
No misspelling variants are generated for Telegrafie in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct German form is Telegrafie, spelled T-E-L-E-G-R-A-F-I-E.
Definition
- 1Nachrichtenübermittlung über Telegrafen
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Telegrafie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Die Telegrafie spielt im 21. Jahrhundert keine wahrnehmbare Rolle mehr.
„Berühmt wurde die elektrische Telegrafie aber durch den US-amerikanischen Erfinder Samuel Morse.“
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.