teletipo
[t̪eleˈt̪ipo]
The verdict
“teletipo” is uncommon Spanish (frequency #95,775 among 34,400 “T” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #95,775
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 34,400
- “T” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Máquina de escribir electromecánica, diseñada para transmitir el mensaje tecleado a través de un medio de telecomunicación, usada como interfaz para control de ordenadores y para las comunicaciones...
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | teletipo |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [t̪eleˈt̪ipo] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #95,775 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “teletipo” sits in Spanish frequency
Rare enough to double-check
teletipo is uncommon Spanish at frequency #95,775 among 34,400 “T” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [t̪eleˈt̪ipo]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
teletipo doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a sign its spelling follows regular Spanish conventions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is teletipo, spelled T-E-L-E-T-I-P-O.
Definition
- 1Máquina de escribir electromecánica, diseñada para transmitir el mensaje tecleado a través de un medio de telecomunicación, usada como interfaz para control de ordenadores y para las comunicaciones a distancia hasta el desarrollo de terminales de vídeo y el fax
- 2Mensaje enviado a través de un teletipo₁
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “teletipo”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is T-E-L-E-T-I-P-O - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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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.