monkeyvsvideoConfusable pair

Quick tell: monkey is a noun, video is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“monkey” is a noun and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#29,246
“monkey” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
29900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature monkey video
Definition der Affe Video-

Letter map: monkey vs video

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

6 ch
monkey
5 ch
video

Grammar separator: monkey vs video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: monkey is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

monkey is recorded at frequency rank #29,246, 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 29900, this pair ranks #1,758,142 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of monkey vs video

Shared letters: eo. Private to "monkey": kmny. Private to "video": div.

"monkey" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • monkeymmonkey · mnokey · mokney · moneky · monkeyy · monkkey · monkye · monnkey
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "monkey" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "monkey" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "monkey" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #29,246 for "monkey". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "monkey" vs "video" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "monkey" 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 #1,758,142 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "monkey" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monkey 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 #1,758,142 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