telematics
/tɛləˈmætɪks/
"telematics" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“telematics” is uncommon English (frequency #55,797 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,797
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The science of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices.
Corpus desk
Index EN-telematics · telematics · English
telematics · rank #55,797 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,797
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH telekinesis
Nearest frequency peer: telekinesis (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “telematics”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- telegraphy
telegraphy
44,206 corpus weight
- telekinesis
telekinesis
44,205 corpus weight
- telematics
telematics
44,204 corpus weight
- telepathica…
telepathically
44,203 corpus weight
- terrifyingly
terrifyingly
44,202 corpus weight
- thoroughness
thoroughness
44,199 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “telematics” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telematics |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɛləˈmætɪks/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #55,797 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “telematics” in English
Rare enough to double-check
telematics is uncommon English at frequency #55,797 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɛləˈmætɪks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
telematics has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: Calque of French télématique The correct English form is telematics, spelled T-E-L-E-M-A-T-I-C-S.
Definition
- 1The science of sending, receiving and storing information via telecommunication devices.
- 2The use of Global Positioning System technology integrated with computers and mobile communications technology.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how telematics appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Telematics is often used in road vehicles.
Etymology
Calque of French télématique
This word in other languages
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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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).