telegram

noun

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The verdict

“telegram” has 12 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #44,218. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,218
frequency rank, French
3,703
“T” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index FR-telegram · telegram · French

telegram · rank #44,218 · 12 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,218
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,703
  • PHOTO-FINISH tenaille

Nearest frequency peer: tenaille (+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 « telegram »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « telegram » 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).

telegram vs Télérama
38% similar
telegram vs Telegraph
67% similar
telegram vs télégramme
60% similar

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

Key facts for telegram
PropertyValue
Headwordtelegram
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
Letters8
Frequency rank#44,218
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « telegram »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.telegramse place ici:

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

L'axe est logarithmique: chaque tic marque environ dix fois moins de fréquence. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « tenaille » (#44,219), « taxée » (#44,216), « tendinite » (#44,220). Parmi 3,703 lemmes en « T », « telegram » est au #44,218. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around telegram, anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,218 among 3,703 “T” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Télégramme.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for telegram, with forms such as "etlegram", "teelgram", and "telegarm". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Télérama", "Telegraph", "télégramme", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is telegram, spelled T-E-L-E-G-R-A-M.

Definition

  1. 1
    Télégramme.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how telegram appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. een telegram telefonisch doorgeven
  2. per telegram

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etlegram
  • teelgram
  • telegarm
  • teleggram
  • telegramm
  • telegrma
  • telegrram
  • telergam
  • telgeram
  • tellegram
  • tleegram
  • ttelegram

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of telegram - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

etlegram2teelgram2telegarm2teleggram1telegramm1telegrma2telegrram1telergam2
Edit distance from "telegram"

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 "telegram"?
"telegram" is spelled T-E-L-E-G-R-A-M.
What does "telegram" mean?
As a noun, "telegram" means: Télégramme.
What words are commonly confused with "telegram"?
"telegram" is commonly confused with "Télérama", "Telegraph", "télégramme". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
What language does "telegram" come from?
"telegram" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

tenaille#44,219tilleuls#44,224soulagés#44,198tremblez#44,238

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

topologie12 variantstrinquer12 variantssomerset12 variantsvalident12 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list