Which to use
“machine” is a noun and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,337
- “machine” frequency rank
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- 12991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | machine | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | ein Apparat mit vielen beweglichen Teilen; gestaltet um eine Aufgabe zu erfüllen. | Video- |
Letter map: machine vs video
Shared letters muted; letters that set machine and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. machine runs 7 letters (CVCCVCV) against video's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for machine / video
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: machine is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
machine is recorded at frequency rank #12,337, 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 12991, this pair ranks #1,960,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of machine vs video
Shared letters: ei. Private to "machine": achmn. Private to "video": dov.
"machine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "machine" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "machine" or "video"?
Useful next steps
Pair "machine" vs "video" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "machine" 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 #1,960,785 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "machine" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "machine 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 #1,960,785 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.