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telegraphist

/ˈtɛləɡɹæfɪst/noun

telegraphist is spelled T-E-L-E-G-R-A-P-H-I-S-T: 12 letters. It appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, telegraphist means “A telegrapher or telegraph operator” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of telegraphist is telegraphists.

How many letters and syllables are in telegraphist?

Letters12: T-E-L-E-G-R-A-P-H-I-S-T
In writingabout once in every 30 million words; the 167,786th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search

Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How common is telegraphist?

Telegraphist appears about once in every 30 million words in written English, the 167,786th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

How do you pronounce telegraphist?

  • UK /ˈtɛləɡɹɑːfɪst/
  • UK /təˈlɛɡɹɑːfɪst/
  • US /ˈtɛləɡɹæfɪst/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Forms of telegraphist

  • telegraphists plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does telegraphist mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    A telegrapher or telegraph operator.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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