telegram
/ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/
"telegram" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“telegram” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #14,036. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,036
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
- 1
- confusable pair
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A message transmitted by telegraph.
Corpus desk
Index EN-telegram · telegram · English
telegram · rank #14,036 · 12 variants · 1 confusable
- FREQ-MID #14,036
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
- VAR-MID 12 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH teasing
Nearest frequency peer: teasing (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “telegram”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- sustaining
sustaining
85,968 corpus weight
- tavern
tavern
85,967 corpus weight
- teasing
teasing
85,966 corpus weight
- telegram
telegram
85,965 corpus weight
- titanium
titanium
85,964 corpus weight
- trailing
trailing
85,963 corpus weight
What this shows “telegram” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the 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 | telegram |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #14,036 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 1 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “telegram”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around telegram (IPA /ˈtɛləˌɡɹæm/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #14,036 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A message transmitted by telegraph.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for telegram, with forms such as "etlegram", "teelgram", and "telegarm". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 1 confusable-pair relationship, "telegraph", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From tele- + -gram. The correct English form is telegram, spelled T-E-L-E-G-R-A-M.
Definition
- 1A message transmitted by telegraph.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how telegram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.
On 20 May 1937 when down in Bradford-on-Avon on business, Bulleid received a telegram with the cryptic news: 'Sir Herbert Walker wishes to see you twelve thirty tomorrow—Gresley'.
Etymology
From tele- + -gram.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etlegram
- teelgram
- telegarm
- teleggram
- telegramm
- telegrma
- telegrram
- telergam
- telgeram
- tellegram
- tleegram
- ttelegram
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of telegram - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "telegram", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).