Which to use
“comments” is a verb and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,988
- “comments” frequency rank
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- 31642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comments | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs comment | Video- |
Letter map: comments vs video
Shared letters muted; letters that set comments and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - comments and video
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comments is averb and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comments is recorded at frequency rank #30,988, classified as averb, 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 31642, this pair ranks #1,724,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of comments vs video
Shared letters: eo. Private to "comments": cmnst. Private to "video": div.
"comments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "comments" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "comments" or "video"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "comments" and "video". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "comments" 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 #1,724,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "comments" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "comments 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 #1,724,049 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.