brinkvsvideoWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: brink is a noun, video is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#37,421
“brink” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
38075
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature brink video
Definition Rand, Kante (besonders an einem steil abfallenden Platz, ein Kliff oder eine Schlucht) Video-

Letter map: brink vs video

Shared letters muted; letters that set brink and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
brink
5 ch
video

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: brink is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38075, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

brink is recorded at frequency rank #37,421, 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 38075, this pair ranks #1,573,434 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of brink vs video

Shared letters: i. Private to "brink": bknr. Private to "video": deov.

"brink" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • brinkbbrink · birnk · brikn · brinkk · brinnk · brnik · brrink · rbink
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "brink" and "video" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "brink" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "brink" or "video"?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #37,421 for "brink". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list