countriesvsvideoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#41,101
“countries” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
41755
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature countries video
Definition Plural des Substantivs country Video-

Letter map: countries vs video

Shared letters muted; letters that set countries and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. countries runs 9 letters (CVVCCCVVC) against video's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
countries
5 ch
video

Part-of-speech tell for countries / video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: countries is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41755, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

countries is recorded at frequency rank #41,101, 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 41755, this pair ranks #1,470,072 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of countries vs video

Shared letters: eio. Private to "countries": cnrstu. Private to "video": dv.

"countries" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCCVVC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • countries ← ccountries · conutries · counntries · counrties · countires · countreis · countriess · countrise
  • video ← ivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "countries" and "video" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "countries" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "countries" vs "video" - which ranks higher?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #41,101 for "countries". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "countries" and "video".

  • Full dictionary entry for "countries" 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 #1,470,072 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "countries" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "countries 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 #1,470,072 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