contivsvideoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#29,532
“conti” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
30186
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature conti video
Definition Plural des Substantivs conto Video-

Letter map: conti vs video

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

5 ch
conti
5 ch
video

Grammar separator: conti vs video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: conti 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 30186, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

conti is recorded at frequency rank #29,532, 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 30186, this pair ranks #1,752,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of conti vs video

Shared letters: io. Private to "conti": cnt. Private to "video": dev.

"conti" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • conticconti · cnoti · conit · connti · contti · cotni · ocnti
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "conti" and "video" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "conti" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "conti" vs "video" - which ranks higher?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #29,532 for "conti". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "conti" 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 #1,752,745 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "conti" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "conti 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 #1,752,745 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