Telgte

[ˈtɛlktə]

/[ˈtɛlktə]/ name

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The verdict

“Telgte” is uncommon German (frequency #66,762 among 2,684 “T” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#66,762
frequency rank, German
2,684
“T” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Corpus desk

Index DE-telgte · Telgte · German

Telgte · rank #66,762 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #66,762
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,684
  • PHOTO-FINISH taufte

Nearest frequency peer: taufte (-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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Telgte“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Telgte“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Telgte
PropertyValue
HeadwordTelgte
LanguageGerman
Part of speechProper noun
IPA[ˈtɛlktə]
Letters6
Frequency rank#66,762
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Telgte“ im Deutschen

Die Häufigkeit läuft von den wenigen Alltagswörtern (links) bis zur langen, seltenen Schwanzseite (rechts).Telgtefällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „taufte“ (#66,761), „Termini“ (#66,763), „tatsächliches“ (#66,760). Unter 2,684 „T“-Lemmata liegt „Telgte“ bei #66,762. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Telgte is uncommon German at frequency #66,762 among 2,684 “T” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed [ˈtɛlktə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland".

No misspelling variants are generated for Telgte in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Telgte, spelled T-E-L-G-T-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how Telgte appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Telgte liegt im Westen Deutschlands.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Telgte"?
"Telgte" is spelled T-E-L-G-T-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɛlktə].
What does "Telgte" mean?
As a proper noun, "Telgte" means: eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland
How do you pronounce "Telgte"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Telgte" is [ˈtɛlktə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Telgte" come from?
"Telgte" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Telgte", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

taufte#66,761tatest#66,758throat#66,767tobten#66,776

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list