Which to use
“télévisés” and “télévisuel” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,058
- “télévisés” frequency rank
- #37,113
- “télévisuel” frequency rank
- 60171
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | télévisés | télévisuel |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Masculin pluriel de télévisé. | Relatif à la télévision. |
Where the eye mixes télévisés and télévisuel
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. télévisés runs 9 letters (CVCVCVCVC) against télévisuel's 10 (CVCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between télévisés and télévisuel
A purely visual mix-up. télévisés (\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 60171, 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\. 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 60171, this pair ranks #99,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of télévisés vs télévisuel
Shared letters: ilstvé. Private to "télévisés": -. Private to "télévisuel": eu.
"télévisés" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC · "télévisuel" · 10 letters · shape CVCVCVCVVC
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "télévisés" and "télévisuel" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "télévisés" vs "télévisuel" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "télévisés" 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 #99,073 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "télévisés" and "télévisuel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "télévisuel vs télévisuelle". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #99,073 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.