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“télévisée” and “télévisuel” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,929
“télévisée” frequency rank
#37,113
“télévisuel” frequency rank
51042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature télévisée télévisuel
Definition Féminin singulier de télévisé. Relatif à la télévision.

Where the eye mixes télévisée and télévisuel

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. télévisée runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVV) against télévisuel's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
télévisée
10 ch
télévisuel

Why the eye confuses télévisée with télévisuel

A purely visual mix-up. télévisée (\te.le.vi.ze\) and télévisuel (\te.le.vi.zɥɛl\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51042, 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\. télévisuel is at rank #37,113, tagged as anadj, pronounced \te.le.vi.zɥɛl\.

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 51042, this pair ranks #158,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of télévisée vs télévisuel

Shared letters: eilstvé. Private to "télévisée": -. Private to "télévisuel": u.

"télévisée" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV  ·  "télévisuel" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "télévisée" and "télévisuel" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently (\te.le.vi.ze\ versus \te.le.vi.zɥɛl\) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "télévisée" or "télévisuel"?
"télévisée" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,929 in our French list, against #37,113 for "télévisuel". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "télévisée" and "télévisuel" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "télévisée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "télévisuel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #158,027 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "télévisée" and "télévisuel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "télévisuel vs télévisuelle". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #158,027 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list