televisor

noun

"televisor" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“televisor” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency English
9
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A television set.

Corpus desk

Index EN-televisor · televisor · English

televisor · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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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.

Key facts for televisor
PropertyValue
Headwordtelevisor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters9
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “televisor” in English

televisorranks outside the top 100,000 English headwords, in the long tail of specialist, archaic, or seldom-used vocabulary, exactly the territory where a reader stops mid-sentence to double-check spelling.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

televisor is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Zero misspellings are on record for televisor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.

Etymologically, the entry records: Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier. The correct English form is televisor, spelled T-E-L-E-V-I-S-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    A television set.
  2. 2
    A television broadcaster or telecaster.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how televisor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The station announcer, asking the performer to stand before the televisor, will say before the microphone that Mr. So-and-so is being televised.

Etymology

Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "televisor"?
"televisor" is spelled T-E-L-E-V-I-S-O-R.
What does "televisor" mean?
As a noun, "televisor" means: A television set.
What is the origin of the word "televisor"?
Appears to have been coined by John Logie Baird in 1926 or earlier. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list