duovsvideoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#5,822
“duo” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
6476
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature duo video
Definition zwei Video-

Letter map: duo vs video

Shared letters muted; letters that set duo and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
duo
5 ch
video

Role in the sentence - duo and video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: duo is anum and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6476, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

duo is recorded at frequency rank #5,822, classified as anum, 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 6476, this pair ranks #1,991,513 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of duo vs video

Shared letters: do. Private to "duo": u. Private to "video": eiv.

"duo" · 3 letters · shape CVV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "duo" for "video" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "duo" is a num and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "duo" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #5,822 for "duo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "duo" 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 #1,991,513 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "duo" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "duo 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 #1,991,513 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