teléfono
[t̪eˈlefono]
The verdict
“teléfono” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #1,071. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #1,071
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Equipamiento diseñado para transmitir y recibir sonidos por medio de señales eléctricas a la distancia.
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 | teléfono |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪eˈlefono] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #1,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 4 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teléfono” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around teléfono (IPA [t̪eˈlefono]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,071 among 34,400 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for teléfono, with forms such as "etléfono", "telféono", and "telléfono". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "teletón", "teléfonos", "telefonía", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is teléfono, spelled T-E-L-É-F-O-N-O.
Definition
- 1Equipamiento diseñado para transmitir y recibir sonidos por medio de señales eléctricas a la distancia.
- 2Número único por cual se posibilita comunicar con otro teléfono.
- 3Golpes violentos en los oídos de una víctima, frecuentemente hasta la ruptura de la membrana del tímpano.
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etléfono
- telféono
- telléfono
- teléffono
- teléfnoo
- teléfonno
- teléfoon
- teléofno
- teélfono
- tleéfono
- tteléfono
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of teléfono - 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 “teléfono”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-L-É-F-O-N-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [t̪eˈlefono] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “teletón” - see the side-by-side comparison. teléfono vs teletón
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
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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.