telefónico
[t̪eleˈfoniko]
The verdict
“telefónico” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #14,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #14,236
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Que pertenece o concierne a la telefonía o a los teléfonos.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telefónico |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | [t̪eleˈfoniko] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #14,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “telefónico” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around telefónico (IPA [t̪eleˈfoniko]), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #14,236 among 34,400 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Que pertenece o concierne a la telefonía o a los teléfonos.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for telefónico, with forms such as "etlefónico", "teelfónico", and "teleffónico". 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. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "teléfono", "telefónicos", "telefonía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct Spanish form is telefónico, spelled T-E-L-E-F-Ó-N-I-C-O.
Definition
- 1Que pertenece o concierne a la telefonía o a los teléfonos.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etlefónico
- teelfónico
- teleffónico
- telefnóico
- telefóinco
- telefóncio
- telefónicco
- telefónioc
- telefónnico
- teleófnico
- telfeónico
- tellefónico
- tleefónico
- ttelefónico
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of telefónico - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “telefónico”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-L-E-F-Ó-N-I-C-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪eleˈfoniko] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “teléfono” - see the side-by-side comparison. telefónico vs teléfono
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.