largovsvideoTell them apart

Which to use

“largo” and “video” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,040
“largo” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
49694
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature largo video
Definition breit Video-

Letter map: largo vs video

Shared letters muted; letters that set largo and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

5 ch
largo
5 ch
video

Spelling & dictionary notes on largo vs video

largo and video are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49694, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

largo is recorded at frequency rank #49,040, classified as anadj, 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 49694, this pair ranks #1,201,811 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of largo vs video

Shared letters: o. Private to "largo": aglr. Private to "video": deiv.

"largo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • largoalrgo · lagro · larggo · larog · larrgo · llargo · lrago
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "largo" and "video" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "largo" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #49,040 for "largo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "largo" 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 #1,201,811 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "largo" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "largo 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 #1,201,811 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