Tesla

/[ˈtɛsla]/ noun

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#8,956

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

11

similar word pairs

Tesla is aGermannoun. It means: SI-Einheit für die magnetische Flussdichte Pronounced [ˈtɛsla]. It ranks #8,956 in German word frequency. Often confused with Test and tests.

Key facts for Tesla
PropertyValue
HeadwordTesla
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈtɛsla]
Letters5
Frequency rank#8,956
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs11
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of Tesla in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for Tesla is 5 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈtɛsla]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,956 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "SI-Einheit für die magnetische Flussdichte".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for Tesla, with forms such as "etsla", "telsa", and "tesal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 11 confusable-pair relationships, "Test", "tests", "teste", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is Tesla, spelled T-E-S-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    SI-Einheit für die magnetische Flussdichte

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etsla,telsa,tesal,teslla,tessla,tsela,ttesla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Tesla

Misspelling Variants of "Tesla"

etsla5telsa5tesal5teslla6tessla6tsela5ttesla6
Misspelling Variants of "Tesla"

Frequency rank: #8,956 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Tesla"?
"Tesla" is spelled T-E-S-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈtɛsla].
What does "Tesla" mean?
As a noun, "Tesla" means: SI-Einheit für die magnetische Flussdichte
What words are commonly confused with "Tesla"?
"Tesla" is commonly confused with "Test", "tests", "teste". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Tesla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Tesla" is [ˈtɛsla]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Tesla" come from?
"Tesla" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.