Which to use
“televisão” and “televisor” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #950
- “televisão” frequency rank
- #28,391
- “televisor” frequency rank
- 29341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | televisão | televisor |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | tecnologia que permite a transmissão de imagem e som via ondas eletromagnéticas | aparelho receptor de televisão |
Letter map: televisão vs televisor
Shared letters muted; letters that set televisão and televisor apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. televisão (CVCVCVCVV) and televisor (CVCVCVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Corpus notes: televisão and televisor
televisão and televisor are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
televisão is recorded at frequency rank #950, classified as anoun. televisor is at rank #28,391, tagged as anoun, pronounced /tɨ.lɨ.vi.ˈzoɾ/.
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 29341, this pair ranks #39,330 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of televisão vs televisor
Shared letters: eilostv. Private to "televisão": ã. Private to "televisor": r.
"televisão" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVV · "televisor" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- televisor ← etlevisor · teelvisor · teleivsor · televiosr · televisorr · televisro · televissor · televsior
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "televisão" and "televisor" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "televisão" vs "televisor" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "televisão" and "televisor".
- Full dictionary entry for "televisão" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "televisor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #39,330 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "televisão" and "televisor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "televisão vs televisivo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #39,330 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.