teleportation

noun

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"teleportation" is a 13-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“teleportation” has 20 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,608. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#39,608
frequency rank, English
3,151
“T” headwords
20
tracked misspellings

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or describe...

Corpus desk

Index EN-teleportation · teleportation · English

teleportation · rank #39,608 · 20 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,608
  • LEN-MEGA 13 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 20 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,151
  • PHOTO-FINISH temperamental

Nearest frequency peer: temperamental (+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 “teleportation”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “teleportation” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for teleportation
PropertyValue
Headwordteleportation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters13
Frequency rank#39,608
Misspellings tracked20
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “teleportation”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).teleportationlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “temperamental” (#39,609), “Tchaikovsky” (#39,606), “Teutonic” (#39,610). Among 3,151 “T” headwords, “teleportation” is #39,608. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 20 spelling variants around teleportation, anoun. Corpus frequency is #39,608 among 3,151 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or describe...".

Our generated misspelling index lists 20 likely wrong-spelling variants for teleportation, with forms such as "etleportation", "teelportation", and "teleoprtation". 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. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.

Etymologically, the entry records: Coined by author Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- + transportation. The correct English form is teleportation, spelled T-E-L-E-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or described as happening instantaneously, and through dematerialization or gateways.

Etymology

Coined by author Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- + transportation.

Synonyms

teleportteletransportation

This word in other languages

teletransportación(Español)téléportation(Français)Teleportation(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etleportation
  • teelportation
  • teleoprtation
  • teleporattion
  • teleporrtation
  • teleportaiton
  • teleportasion
  • teleportatino
  • teleportationn
  • teleportatoin
  • teleportattion
  • teleporttaion
  • teleporttation
  • telepotration
  • telepportation
  • teleprotation
  • telleportation
  • telpeortation
  • tleeportation
  • tteleportation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teleportation - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etleportation2teelportation2teleoprtation2teleporattion2teleporrtation1teleportaiton2teleportasion1teleportatino2
Edit distance from "teleportation"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teleportation"?
"teleportation" is spelled T-E-L-E-P-O-R-T-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "teleportation" mean?
As a noun, "teleportation" means: Any of many (mostly hypothetical or fictional) processes of moving matter from one spatial point to another without physically crossing the space in between and which are often depicted or describe...
What are common misspellings of "teleportation"?
Common misspellings include "etleportation", "teelportation", "teleoprtation", "teleporattion", "teleporrtation". The correct spelling is "teleportation".
What is the origin of the word "teleportation"?
Coined by author Charles Fort in his 1931 book Lo! from tele- + transportation. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "teleportation", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 13 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

temperamental#39,609spectroscopic#39,579domestication#39,781intermediates#39,368

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (20 here; floor ≥5).

benchmarking20 variantshomeschooling20 variantsmotorcyclist20 variantssupercomputer20 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list