télécom

\te.le.kɔm\

/\te.le.kɔm\/ noun

The verdict

“télécom” has 11 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #16,259. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#16,259
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
1
confusable pair

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Abréviation de télécommunication.

Corpus desk

Index FR-telecom · télécom · French

télécom · rank #16,259 · 11 variants · 1 confusable

  • FREQ-MID #16,259
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 1 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tuez

Nearest frequency peer: tuez (-1 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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « télécom »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « télécom » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

télécom vs télécoms
88% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for télécom
PropertyValue
Headwordtélécom
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\te.le.kɔm\
Letters7
Frequency rank#16,259
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs1
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « télécom »

La fréquence va de la poignée de mots du quotidien (gauche) à la longue queue presque jamais vue (droite).télécomse place ici:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tuez » (#16,258), « UQAM » (#16,260), « trompette » (#16,257). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « télécom » est au #16,259. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around télécom (IPA \te.le.kɔm\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #16,259 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Abréviation de télécommunication.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for télécom, with forms such as "telecom", "tléécom", and "ttélécom". 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 1 confusable-pair relationship, "télécoms", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is télécom, spelled T-É-L-É-C-O-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Abréviation de télécommunication.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • telecom
  • tléécom
  • ttélécom
  • télcéom
  • téllécom
  • téléccom
  • télécmo
  • télécomm
  • téléocm
  • téélcom
  • étlécom

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of télécom - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

telecom2tléécom2ttélécom1télcéom2téllécom1téléccom1télécmo2télécomm1
Edit distance from "télécom"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "télécom"?
"télécom" is spelled T-É-L-É-C-O-M. The IPA pronunciation is \te.le.kɔm\.
What does "télécom" mean?
As a noun, "télécom" means: Abréviation de télécommunication.
What words are commonly confused with "télécom"?
"télécom" is commonly confused with "télécoms". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "télécom"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "télécom" is \te.le.kɔm\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "télécom" come from?
"télécom" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "télécom", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list