Which to use
“tela” and “tele” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,955
- “tela” frequency rank
- #4,203
- “tele” frequency rank
- 9158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tela | tele |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Material formado por numerosos hilos dispuestos en dos juegos perpendicularmente dispuestos, llamados urdimbre y trama, que se entrelazan manual o mecánicamente para formar una lámina | Apócope de televisión. |
Where the eye mixes tela and tele
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between tela and tele
A purely visual mix-up. tela ([ˈt̪ela]) and tele ([ˈt̪ele]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - a in “tela” becomes e in “tele”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tela is recorded at frequency rank #4,955, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ela]. tele is at rank #4,203, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈt̪ele].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 9158, this pair ranks #302,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tela vs tele
Shared letters: elt. Private to "tela": a. Private to "tele": -.
"tela" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "tele" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tela" for "tele" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tela" vs "tele" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "tela" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tele" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #302,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tela" and "tele" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tale vs tela". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #302,789 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.