Which to use
“hosts” is a verb and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,973
- “hosts” frequency rank
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- 44627
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hosts | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs host | Video- |
Letter map: hosts vs video
Shared letters muted; letters that set hosts and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - hosts and video
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hosts is averb and videoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44627, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hosts is recorded at frequency rank #43,973, 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 44627, this pair ranks #1,380,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of hosts vs video
Shared letters: o. Private to "hosts": hst. Private to "video": deiv.
"hosts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "hosts" and "video" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "hosts" or "video" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "hosts" and "video". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "hosts" 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 #1,380,032 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hosts" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hosts 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 #1,380,032 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.