telephone
/ˈtɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/
The verdict
“telephone” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #86,294 among 3,005 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #86,294
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 3,005
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Teléfono.
Corpus desk
Index ES-telephone · telephone · Spanish
telephone · rank #86,294 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #86,294
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,005
- PHOTO-FINISH teclea
Nearest frequency peer: teclea (-2 rank slots)
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.
Rangos de cola larga cerca de “telephone”
Banda escasa: las barras invierten el rango para que lo raro se lea más corto
- tatuadas
tatuadas
13,712 corpus weight
- teclea
teclea
13,709 corpus weight
- telephone
telephone
13,707 corpus weight
- tentadoras
tentadoras
13,705 corpus weight
- tergiversan
tergiversan
13,704 corpus weight
- termidor
termidor
13,703 corpus weight
What this shows Vista de cola larga: dónde “telephone” se sitúa frente a rangos españoles igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | telephone |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈtɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/ |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #86,294 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cola larga: rango de “telephone” en español
Rare enough to double-check
telephone is uncommon Spanish at frequency #86,294 among 3,005 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈtɛl.ɪˌfəʊn/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Teléfono.".
The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for telephone, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Spanish patterns. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so its spelling pattern is best understood through pronunciation rather than a traceable origin. The correct Spanish form is telephone, spelled T-E-L-E-P-H-O-N-E.
Definition
- 1Teléfono.
Synonyms
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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