teléfono
The verdict
“teléfono” is a regularly-used Spanish word, ranked #1,071 in Spanish word frequency and used as a noun.
- #1,071
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 8
- letters
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 4
- confusable pairs
Dominant Wiktionary sense: Equipamiento diseñado para transmitir y recibir sonidos por medio de señales eléctricas a la distancia.
| 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
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The Spanish entry for teléfono is 8 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eˈlefono]. Corpus data places it at rank #1,071 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for teléfono, with forms such as "etléfono", "telféono", and "telléfono". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. 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 explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is teléfono, spelled T-E-L-É-F-O-N-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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
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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.
Edit distance from "teléfono"
Frequency rank: #1,071 in Spanish
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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
Nearby Spanish words
Other entries that begin with the letter T in our Spanish index: