Which to use
“issues” is a verb and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,208
- “issues” frequency rank
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- 38862
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | issues | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs issue | Video- |
Letter map: issues vs video
Shared letters muted; letters that set issues and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for issues / video
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: issues is averb and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
issues is recorded at frequency rank #38,208, 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 38862, this pair ranks #1,552,653 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of issues vs video
Shared letters: ei. Private to "issues": su. Private to "video": dov.
"issues" · 6 letters · shape VCCVVC · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "issues" for "video" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "issues" or "video" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "issues" and "video".
- Full dictionary entry for "issues" 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 #1,552,653 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "issues" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "issues 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 #1,552,653 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.