televisavstelevisorWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: televisa is a verb, televisor is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“televisa” is a verb and “televisor” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,210
“televisa” frequency rank
#11,142
“televisor” frequency rank
20352
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature televisa televisor
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de televisar. Electrodoméstico que recibe una imagen con audio, o emisión audiovisual, de un lugar remoto.

Where the eye mixes televisa and televisor

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. televisa runs 8 letters (CVCVCVCV) against televisor's 9 (CVCVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
televisa
9 ch
televisor

Look-alike desk: televisa vs televisor

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: televisa is [t̪eleˈβ̞isa] while televisor is [t̪eleβ̞iˈsoɾ]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20352, 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]. televisor is at rank #11,142, tagged as anoun, pronounced [t̪eleβ̞iˈsoɾ].

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 20352, this pair ranks #259,716 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of televisa vs televisor

Shared letters: eilstv. Private to "televisa": a. Private to "televisor": or.

"televisa" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV  ·  "televisor" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • televisa ← etlevisa · teelvisa · telebisa · teleivsa · televias · televissa · televsia · televvisa
  • televisor ← etlevisor · teelvisor · telebisor · teleivsor · televiosr · televisorr · televisro · televissor

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "televisa" and "televisor" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "televisa" is a verb and "televisor" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "televisa" vs "televisor" - which ranks higher?
"televisa" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,210 in our Spanish list, against #11,142 for "televisor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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 "televisor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #259,716 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "televisa" and "televisor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "televisa vs televisado". 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 #259,716 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list