Telekinese
[teləkiˈneːzə]
The verdict
“Telekinese” is uncommon German (frequency #97,810 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #97,810
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mithilfe spiritistischer Kräfte hervorgerufener Vorgang, bei dem ein Gegenstand seine Lage verändert
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Telekinese |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teləkiˈneːzə] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #97,810 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Telekinese” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Telekinese is uncommon German at frequency #97,810 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [teləkiˈneːzə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "mithilfe spiritistischer Kräfte hervorgerufener Vorgang, bei dem ein Gegenstand seine Lage verändert".
No misspelling variants are generated for Telekinese in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is Telekinese, spelled T-E-L-E-K-I-N-E-S-E.
Definition
- 1mithilfe spiritistischer Kräfte hervorgerufener Vorgang, bei dem ein Gegenstand seine Lage verändert
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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 “Telekinese”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-L-E-K-I-N-E-S-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [teləkiˈneːzə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.