telesm

noun

"telesm" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“telesm” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A magical talisman, amulet or charm.

Corpus desk

Index EN-telesm · telesm · English

telesm · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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Key facts for telesm
PropertyValue
Headwordtelesm
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “telesm” in English

telesmranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

telesm is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A magical talisman, amulet or charm.".

telesm doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Etymologically, the entry records: From Byzantine Greek τέλεσμα (télesma). Doublet of talisman. The correct English form is telesm, spelled T-E-L-E-S-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    A magical talisman, amulet or charm.

Etymology

From Byzantine Greek τέλεσμα (télesma). Doublet of talisman.

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "telesm"?
"telesm" is spelled T-E-L-E-S-M.
What does "telesm" mean?
As a noun, "telesm" means: A magical talisman, amulet or charm.
What is the origin of the word "telesm"?
From Byzantine Greek τέλεσμα (télesma). Doublet of talisman. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list