televisión

[t̪eleβ̞iˈsjõn]

/[t̪eleβ̞iˈsjõn]/ noun

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The verdict

“televisión” has 16 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #903. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#903
frequency rank, Spanish
3,005
“T” headwords
16
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Sistema tecnológico de transmisión y recepción de imágenes en movimiento y sonido cuyo sitio de origen está distante del lugar donde se capta la visión.

Corpus desk

Index ES-television · televisión · Spanish

televisión · rank #903 · 16 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-CORE #903
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-5 5 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 16 variants
  • BOOK-MID 3,005
  • PHOTO-FINISH pudo

Nearest frequency peer: pudo (-1 rank slots)

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.

Pares de rango junto al imán ortográfico “televisión”

Misma franja de rareza: útil si un typo cae en un lema vecino

corpus weight

What this shows “televisión” está entre estos pares FrequencyWords; la profundidad de typo se mide aparte en el gráfico de distancia de edición.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

televisión vs televisor
70% similar
televisión vs televisiva
80% similar
televisión vs televisivo
80% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for televisión
PropertyValue
Headwordtelevisión
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[t̪eleβ̞iˈsjõn]
Letters10
Frequency rank#903
Misspellings tracked16
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frecuencia del imán ortográfico “televisión”

Esta escala corre desde el núcleo del español cotidiano (izquierda) hasta el rastro de formas rara vez usadas (derecha).televisióncae aquí:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Los ticks avanzan en logaritmo; cada uno es del orden de diez veces más raro. En la misma franja de rareza aparecen “pudo” (#902), “unión” (#904), “PP” (#901). Entre 3,005 lemas con “T”, “televisión” va en #903. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 16 spelling variants around televisión (IPA [t̪eleβ̞iˈsjõn]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #903 among 3,005 “T” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 16 likely wrong-spelling variants for televisión, with forms such as "etlevisión", "teelvisión", and "telebisión". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "televisor", "televisiva", "televisivo", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct Spanish form is televisión, spelled T-E-L-E-V-I-S-I-Ó-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Sistema tecnológico de transmisión y recepción de imágenes en movimiento y sonido cuyo sitio de origen está distante del lugar donde se capta la visión.
  2. 2
    Electrodoméstico que recibe una imagen con audio, o emisión audiovisual, de un lugar remoto.
  3. 3
    Emisora de televisión.

Synonyms

televisor

This word in other languages

television(English)télévision(Français)Fernsehen(Deutsch)televisão(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • etlevisión
  • teelvisión
  • telebisión
  • teleivsión
  • televición
  • televiisón
  • televisinó
  • televisiónn
  • televissión
  • televisóin
  • televsiión
  • televvisión
  • tellevisión
  • telveisión
  • tleevisión
  • ttelevisión

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of televisión - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

etlevisión2teelvisión2telebisión1teleivsión2televición1televiisón2televisinó2televisiónn1
Edit distance from "televisión"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "televisión"?
"televisión" is spelled T-E-L-E-V-I-S-I-Ó-N. The IPA pronunciation is [t̪eleβ̞iˈsjõn].
What does "televisión" mean?
As a noun, "televisión" means: Sistema tecnológico de transmisión y recepción de imágenes en movimiento y sonido cuyo sitio de origen está distante del lugar donde se capta la visión.
What words are commonly confused with "televisión"?
"televisión" is commonly confused with "televisor", "televisiva", "televisivo". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "televisión"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "televisión" is [t̪eleβ̞iˈsjõn]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "televisión" come from?
"televisión" is a Spanish word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "televisión", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

siguientes#924principios#879ciudadanos#875suficiente#859

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (16 here; floor ≥5).

comentarios16 variantsactualmente16 variantsinteresante16 variantsrevolución16 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list