télesthésie
The verdict
“télesthésie” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Suggestion mentale, télépathie volontaire.
Corpus desk
Index FR-telesthesie · télesthésie · French
télesthésie · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | télesthésie |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « télesthésie » en français
Rare enough to double-check
télesthésie is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Suggestion mentale, télépathie volontaire.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for télesthésie, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is télesthésie, spelled T-É-L-E-S-T-H-É-S-I-E.
Definition
- 1Suggestion mentale, télépathie volontaire.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how télesthésie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
On distingue la télesthésie des télépathies naturelles et sauvages, en ce que la télesthésie est une télépathie volontaire ou contrôlée.
Les espions parapsychiques : la décision des plus étonnantes du gouvernement américain d'informer le public de sa participation à des activités de télesthésie a surpris plusieurs.
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). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.