télévisésvstéléviseurWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: télévisés is a adjective, téléviseur is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“télévisés” is an adjective and “téléviseur” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,058
“télévisés” frequency rank
#25,161
“téléviseur” frequency rank
48219
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature télévisés téléviseur
Definition Masculin pluriel 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 spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set télévisés and téléviseur apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

9 ch
télévisés
10 ch
téléviseur

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: télévisés 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 48219, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

télévisés is recorded at frequency rank #23,058, 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 48219, this pair ranks #180,686 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of télévisés vs téléviseur

Shared letters: ilstvé. Private to "télévisés": -. Private to "téléviseur": eru.

"télévisés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC  ·  "téléviseur" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC

Frequency comparison

télévisés#23,058
téléviseur#25,161

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "télévisés" and "téléviseur" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "télévisés" is an adjective and "téléviseur" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "télévisés" or "téléviseur"?
"télévisés" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,058 in our French list, against #25,161 for "téléviseur". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering télévisés vs téléviseur

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need an adjective, it's “télévisés”; for a noun, it's “téléviseur”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “télévisés” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list