Teleskop
[teleˈskoːp]
The verdict
“Teleskop” has 12 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #24,536. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #24,536
- frequency rank, German
- 2,684
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - optisches Instrument zur Beobachtung weit entfernter Himmelsobjekte
Corpus desk
Index DE-teleskop · Teleskop · German
Teleskop · rank #24,536 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #24,536
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,684
- PHOTO-FINISH teilnimmt
Nearest frequency peer: teilnimmt (-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 „Teleskop“
Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft
- Taschentuch
Taschentuch
75,468 corpus weight
- task
task
75,467 corpus weight
- teilnimmt
teilnimmt
75,466 corpus weight
- Teleskop
Teleskop
75,465 corpus weight
- Terrassen
Terrassen
75,464 corpus weight
- Tessin
Tessin
75,463 corpus weight
What this shows „Teleskop“ 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 | Teleskop |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [teleˈskoːp] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #24,536 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Teleskop“
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around Teleskop (IPA [teleˈskoːp]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,536 among 2,684 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for Teleskop, with forms such as "etleskop", "teelskop", and "teleksop". 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, "Telekom", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Teleskop, spelled T-E-L-E-S-K-O-P.
Definition
- 1optisches Instrument zur Beobachtung weit entfernter Himmelsobjekte
- 2optisches Instrument zur Beobachtung ferner Objekte
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how Teleskop appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Auf der Rückseite des Mondes wollen Forscher ein Teleskop installieren.
„In Ischim war Humboldt zum Mißfallen der Polizei mit polnischen Strafgefangenen ins Gespräch gekommen, dann hatte er sich davongeschlichen, einen Hügel bestiegen und sein Teleskop aufgebaut.“
Antonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etleskop
- teelskop
- teleksop
- teleskkop
- teleskopp
- teleskpo
- telesokp
- telesskop
- telleskop
- telsekop
- tleeskop
- tteleskop
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Teleskop - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
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 "Teleskop", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked German headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).