televisa

/[t̪eleˈβ̞isa]/ verb

Letters

8 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,210

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

12

tracked variants

Confusables

3

similar word pairs

televisa is aSpanishverb. It means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de televisar. Pronounced [t̪eleˈβ̞isa]. It ranks #9,210 in Spanish word frequency. Often confused with televisor and televisiva.

Key facts for televisa
PropertyValue
Headwordtelevisa
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechVerb
IPA[t̪eleˈβ̞isa]
Letters8
Frequency rank#9,210
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of televisa in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for televisa is 8 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [t̪eleˈβ̞isa]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,210 in overall Spanish word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for televisa, with forms such as "etlevisa", "teelvisa", and "telebisa". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "televisor", "televisiva", "televisado", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is televisa, spelled T-E-L-E-V-I-S-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de televisar.
  2. 2
    Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de televisar.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etlevisa,teelvisa,telebisa,teleivsa,televias,televissa,televsia,televvisa,tellevisa,telveisa,tleevisa,ttelevisa

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for televisa

Misspelling Variants of "televisa"

etlevisa8teelvisa8telebisa8teleivsa8televias8televissa9televsia8televvisa9
Misspelling Variants of "televisa"

Frequency rank: #9,210 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "televisa"?
"televisa" is spelled T-E-L-E-V-I-S-A. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eleˈβ̞isa].
What does "televisa" mean?
As a verb, "televisa" means: Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de televisar.
What words are commonly confused with "televisa"?
"televisa" is commonly confused with "televisor", "televisiva", "televisado". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "televisa"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "televisa" is [t̪eleˈβ̞isa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "televisa" come from?
"televisa" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.