gadgetvsvideoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#39,948
“gadget” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
40602
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gadget video
Definition (kleiner -e -es, innovativer -e -es) Apparat, Gerät, Vorrichtung Video-

Letter map: gadget vs video

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

6 ch
gadget
5 ch
video

Grammar separator: gadget vs video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gadget is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40602, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gadget is recorded at frequency rank #39,948, 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 40602, this pair ranks #1,503,791 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gadget vs video

Shared letters: de. Private to "gadget": agt. Private to "video": iov.

"gadget" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • gadgetagdget · gaddget · gadegt · gadgett · gadgget · gadgte · gagdet · gdaget
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "gadget" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gadget" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "gadget" vs "video" - which ranks higher?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #39,948 for "gadget". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "gadget" 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 #1,503,791 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gadget" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gadget 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 #1,503,791 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