Telegramm
[teleˈɡʁam]
The verdict
“Telegramm” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #22,167. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #22,167
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - mithilfe eines akustischen, optischen oder elektrischen Gerätes übertragene schriftliche Nachricht
Corpus desk
Index DE-telegramm · Telegramm · German
Telegramm · rank #22,167 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #22,167
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH Telekommunika…
Nearest frequency peer: Telekommunikation (+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.
Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Telegramm“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Tatjana
Tatjana
77,837 corpus weight
- taufen
taufen
77,836 corpus weight
- Telegramm
Telegramm
77,834 corpus weight
- Telekommuni…
Telekommunikation
77,833 corpus weight
- thematisier…
thematisieren
77,832 corpus weight
- third
third
77,831 corpus weight
What this shows „Telegramm“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.
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 | Telegramm |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teleˈɡʁam] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #22,167 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Telegramm“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Telegramm (IPA [teleˈɡʁam]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #22,167 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "mithilfe eines akustischen, optischen oder elektrischen Gerätes übertragene schriftliche Nachricht".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Telegramm, with forms such as "etlegramm", "teelgramm", and "telegarmm". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "Telegraph", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is Telegramm, spelled T-E-L-E-G-R-A-M-M.
Definition
- 1mithilfe eines akustischen, optischen oder elektrischen Gerätes übertragene schriftliche Nachricht
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Telegramm appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Telegramme kommen aus der Mode.
„…; über seine Hochzeit mit seiner zweiten Frau Maike unterrichtet er die Familie per Telegramm.“
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etlegramm
- teelgramm
- telegarmm
- teleggramm
- telegram
- telegrmam
- telegrramm
- telergamm
- telgeramm
- tellegramm
- tleegramm
- ttelegramm
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Telegramm - 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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Similar German words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Telegramm", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).