telephonic
"telephonic" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“telephonic” is uncommon English (frequency #75,476 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #75,476
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
Corpus desk
Index EN-telephonic · telephonic · English
telephonic · rank #75,476 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #75,476
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH telecommuting
Nearest frequency peer: telecommuting (-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 “telephonic”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- teardown
teardown
24,528 corpus weight
- techy
techy
24,527 corpus weight
- telecommuti…
telecommuting
24,526 corpus weight
- telephonic
telephonic
24,525 corpus weight
- telephoning
telephoning
24,524 corpus weight
- teleporter
teleporter
24,523 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “telephonic” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telephonic |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #75,476 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “telephonic” in English
Rare enough to double-check
telephonic is uncommon English at frequency #75,476 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.".
telephonic doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From telephone + -ic. The correct English form is telephonic, spelled T-E-L-E-P-H-O-N-I-C.
Definition
- 1Of, pertaining to, or transmitted by telephony.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how telephonic appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
There is two-way telephonic communication between kitchen, scullery, buffet and staff in the corridor between buffet and dining saloon.
Etymology
From telephone + -ic.
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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