Telemedizin
[ˈteːləmedit͡siːn]
The verdict
“Telemedizin” is uncommon German (frequency #64,773 among 35,386 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,773
- frequency rank, German
- 35,386
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - die Ferndiagnose oder -behandlung von Patienten und Symptomen unter Nutzung von Telekommunikationssystemen
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Telemedizin |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ˈteːləmedit͡siːn] |
| Letters | 11 |
| Frequency rank | #64,773 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Telemedizin” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
Telemedizin is uncommon German at frequency #64,773 among 35,386 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˈteːləmedit͡siːn]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "die Ferndiagnose oder -behandlung von Patienten und Symptomen unter Nutzung von Telekommunikationssystemen".
Telemedizin doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, 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 Telemedizin, spelled T-E-L-E-M-E-D-I-Z-I-N.
Definition
- 1die Ferndiagnose oder -behandlung von Patienten und Symptomen unter Nutzung von Telekommunikationssystemen
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); 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 “Telemedizin”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is T-E-L-E-M-E-D-I-Z-I-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ˈteːləmedit͡siːn] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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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.