computingvsvideoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#25,946
“computing” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
26600
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature computing video
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs compute Video-

Letter map: computing vs video

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

9 ch
computing
5 ch
video

Part-of-speech tell for computing / video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: computing is averb and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26600, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

computing is recorded at frequency rank #25,946, 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 26600, this pair ranks #1,815,545 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of computing vs video

Shared letters: io. Private to "computing": cgmnptu. Private to "video": dev.

"computing" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVCC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • computingccomputing · cmoputing · commputing · compputing · comptuing · compuitng · computign · computingg
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "computing" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "computing" is a verb and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "computing" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #25,946 for "computing". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Pair "computing" vs "video" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "computing" 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 #1,815,545 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "computing" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "computing 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 #1,815,545 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list