Which to use
“telegram” and “télégramme” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #44,218
- “telegram” frequency rank
- #16,761
- “télégramme” frequency rank
- 60979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | telegram | télégramme |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Télégramme. | Dépêche transmise par le télégraphe. |
Letter map: telegram vs télégramme
Shared letters muted; letters that set telegram and télégramme apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. telegram runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against télégramme's 10 (CVCVCCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - telegram / télégramme
telegram and télégramme are indexed as a confusable French pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
telegram is recorded at frequency rank #44,218, classified as anoun. télégramme is at rank #16,761, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.le.ɡʁam\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 60979, this pair ranks #94,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of telegram vs télégramme
Shared letters: aeglmrt. Private to "telegram": -. Private to "télégramme": é.
"telegram" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "télégramme" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- telegram ← etlegram · teelgram · telegarm · teleggram · telegramm · telegrma · telegrram · telergam
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "telegram" for "télégramme" ever safe?
Frequency check: "telegram" vs "télégramme" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "telegram" and "télégramme".
- Full dictionary entry for "telegram" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "télégramme" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #94,752 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "telegram" and "télégramme" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "telegram vs Télérama". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #94,752 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.