Which to use
“article” is a noun and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,613
- “article” frequency rank
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- 25267
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | article | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Artikel | Video- |
Letter map: article vs video
Shared letters muted; letters that set article and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - article and video
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: article is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25267, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
article is recorded at frequency rank #24,613, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. video is at rank #654, tagged as anadj, pronounced […].
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 25267, this pair ranks #1,835,783 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of article vs video
Shared letters: ei. Private to "article": aclrt. Private to "video": dov.
"article" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "article" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "article" or "video"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "article" and "video".
- Full dictionary entry for "article" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "video" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,835,783 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "article" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "article vs puzzles". 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 #1,835,783 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.