télégramme

/\te.le.ɡʁam\/ noun

Letters

10 characters

Frequency Rank

#16,761

in French word usage

Misspellings

14

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

télégramme is aFrenchnoun. It means: Dépêche transmise par le télégraphe. Pronounced \te.le.ɡʁam\. Often confused with télégraphe and télégrammes.

Key facts for télégramme
PropertyValue
Headwordtélégramme
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\te.le.ɡʁam\
Letters10
Frequency rank#16,761
Misspellings tracked14
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of télégramme in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for télégramme is 10 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \te.le.ɡʁam\. Corpus data places it at rank #16,761 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Dépêche transmise par le télégraphe.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for télégramme, with forms such as "telegramme", "tléégramme", and "ttélégramme". 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, "télégraphe", "télégrammes", "telegram", 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 French form is télégramme, spelled T-É-L-É-G-R-A-M-M-E, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Dépêche transmise par le télégraphe.

Synonyms

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: telegramme,tléégramme,ttélégramme,télgéramme,téllégramme,télégarmme,téléggramme,télégrame,télégramem,télégrmame,télégrramme,télérgamme,téélgramme,étlégramme

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for télégramme

Misspelling Variants of "télégramme"

telegramme10tléégramme10ttélégramme11télgéramme10téllégramme11télégarmme10téléggramme11télégrame9
Misspelling Variants of "télégramme"

Frequency rank: #16,761 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "télégramme"?
"télégramme" is spelled T-É-L-É-G-R-A-M-M-E. The IPA pronunciation is \te.le.ɡʁam\.
What does "télégramme" mean?
As a noun, "télégramme" means: Dépêche transmise par le télégraphe.
What words are commonly confused with "télégramme"?
"télégramme" is commonly confused with "télégraphe", "télégrammes", "telegram". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "télégramme"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "télégramme" is \te.le.ɡʁam\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "télégramme" come from?
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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.