telex
/tɛl.ɛks/
"telex" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“telex” is uncommon English (frequency #64,057 among 3,151 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #64,057
- frequency rank, English
- 3,151
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A network of teletypes.
Corpus desk
Index EN-telex · telex · English
telex · rank #64,057 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #64,057
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,151
- PHOTO-FINISH teleconference
Nearest frequency peer: teleconference (-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 “telex”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- teahouse
teahouse
35,948 corpus weight
- teleconfere…
teleconference
35,945 corpus weight
- telex
telex
35,944 corpus weight
- Tham
Tham
35,942 corpus weight
- theosophical
theosophical
35,941 corpus weight
- thresher
thresher
35,940 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “telex” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telex |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /tɛl.ɛks/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #64,057 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “telex” in English
Rare enough to double-check
telex is uncommon English at frequency #64,057 among 3,151 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /tɛl.ɛks/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Zero misspellings are on record for telex in our index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange. The correct English form is telex, spelled T-E-L-E-X.
Definition
- 1A network of teletypes.
- 2A teletype message sent through such a network.
- 3A teletype device connected to such a network.
Etymology
From genericization of Telex Printergram and Telex, derived as a blend of tele- (“telegraph, teletype, teleprinter, etc.”) + exchange.
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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