Which to use
“télévisée” is an adjective and “téléviseur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,929
- “télévisée” frequency rank
- #25,161
- “téléviseur” frequency rank
- 39090
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | télévisée | téléviseur |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de télévisé. | 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 eye mixes télévisée and téléviseur
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. télévisée runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against téléviseur's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: télévisée vs téléviseur
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: télévisée 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 1 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 39090, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
télévisée is recorded at frequency rank #13,929, 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 39090, this pair ranks #250,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of télévisée vs téléviseur
Shared letters: eilstvé. Private to "télévisée": -. Private to "téléviseur": ru.
"télévisée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "téléviseur" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "télévisée" for "téléviseur" ever safe?
Frequency check: "télévisée" vs "téléviseur" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "télévisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "téléviseur" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #250,586 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "télévisée" and "téléviseur" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "téléviseur vs téléviseurs". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #250,586 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.