television show
"television-show" is a 14-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“television show” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A live or recorded broadcast or program, or series of broadcasts or programs, meant to be viewed on television.
Corpus desk
Index EN-television-show · television show · English
television show · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-6 6 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "T" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
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 | television show |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “television show” in English
Rare enough to double-check
television show is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
television show has no tracked misspelling variants, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is television show, spelled T-E-L-E-V-I-S-I-O-N- -S-H-O-W.
Definition
- 1A live or recorded broadcast or program, or series of broadcasts or programs, meant to be viewed on television.
- 2The taping of a television broadcast before a studio audience.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how television show appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The opening vignette thus functions as a sophisticated postmodern "show within a show" rumination on television and its cultural impact within our lives. We know we are watching a television show, and the program is commenting on earlier programs, thereby distinguishing it from other shows that lack this self-consciousness. But instead of inviting us to q…
My favorite movie is Grown Ups, and my favorite television show is NCIS. I like that show for some reason.
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.