Which to use
“televisa” and “televisado” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,210
- “televisa” frequency rank
- #39,482
- “televisado” frequency rank
- 48692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | televisa | televisado |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de televisar. | Participio de televisar. |
Where the eye mixes televisa and televisado
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. televisa runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against televisado's 10 (CVCVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: televisa vs televisado
A purely visual mix-up. televisa ([t̪eleˈβ̞isa]) and televisado ([t̪eleβ̞iˈsað̞o]) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “televisa” sits inside “televisado”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
televisa is recorded at frequency rank #9,210, classified as averb, pronounced [t̪eleˈβ̞isa]. televisado is at rank #39,482, tagged as averb, pronounced [t̪eleβ̞iˈsað̞o].
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 48692, this pair ranks #113,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of televisa vs televisado
Shared letters: aeilstv. Private to "televisa": -. Private to "televisado": do.
"televisa" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "televisado" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- televisa ← etlevisa · teelvisa · telebisa · teleivsa · televias · televissa · televsia · televvisa
- televisado ← etlevisado · teelvisado · telebisado · teleivsado · televiasdo · televisaddo · televisaod · televisdao
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "televisa" and "televisado" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "televisa" or "televisado"?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "televisa" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "televisado" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #113,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "televisa" and "televisado" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "televisado vs televisivo". 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 #113,036 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.