Which to use
“télévisé” is an adjective and “téléviseur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,778
- “télévisé” frequency rank
- #25,161
- “téléviseur” frequency rank
- 40939
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | télévisé | téléviseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Retransmis à la télévision. | Appareil électronique destiné à lire (jouer) des séquences audiovisuelles, généralement pour la télévision, en convertissant un signal pour l'afficher sur un écran interne et reproduire le son sur des haut-parleurs. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set télévisé and téléviseur apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: télévisé is \te.le.vi.ze\ while téléviseur is \te.le.vi.zœʁ\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40939, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
télévisé is recorded at frequency rank #15,778, classified as anadj, pronounced \te.le.vi.ze\. téléviseur is at rank #25,161, tagged as anoun, pronounced \te.le.vi.zœʁ\.
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 40939, this pair ranks #236,818 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of télévisé vs téléviseur
Shared letters: ilstvé. Private to "télévisé": -. Private to "téléviseur": eru.
"télévisé" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "téléviseur" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering télévisé vs téléviseur
The fastest way to pick the right one every time.
- Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “télévisé”; for a noun, it's “téléviseur”.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “télévisé” entry
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