# television

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈtɛlɪˌvɪʒən/ · frequency rank #1,705

## Definitions
1. An electronic communication medium that allows the transmission of real-time visual images, and often sound.
2. An electronic home entertainment device equipped with a screen and a speaker for receiving television signals and displaying them in audio-visual form.
3. Collectively, the programs broadcast via the medium of television.
4. Vision at a distance.

## Etymology
From tele- + vision; first attested in 1900, probably influenced by French télévision from Constantin Perskyi's 1900 paper that was unpublished but presented at a Paris conference.

## Common misspellings (15)
`etlevision`, `teelvision`, `teleivsion`, `televiison`, `televisino`, `televisionn`, `televisoin`, `televission`, `televition`, `televsiion`, `televvision`, `tellevision`, `telveision`, `tleevision`, `ttelevision`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/television