Which to use
“missing” is a verb and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,357
- “missing” frequency rank
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- 44011
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | missing | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs miss | Video- |
Letter map: missing vs video
Shared letters muted; letters that set missing and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - missing and video
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: missing is averb and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44011, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
missing is recorded at frequency rank #43,357, 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 44011, this pair ranks #1,399,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of missing vs video
Shared letters: i. Private to "missing": gmns. Private to "video": deov.
"missing" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "missing" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "missing" or "video" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "missing" and "video". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "missing" 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 #1,399,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "missing" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "missing 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 #1,399,921 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.