nextvsvideoTell them apart

Which to use

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

#9,246
“next” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
9900
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature next video
Definition in einer Reihe folgend, nächster Video-

Letter map: next vs video

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

4 ch
next
5 ch
video

Spelling & dictionary notes on next vs video

next 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9900, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

next is recorded at frequency rank #9,246, 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 9900, this pair ranks #1,977,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of next vs video

Shared letters: e. Private to "next": ntx. Private to "video": diov.

"next" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • nextenxt · netx · nextt · nexxt · nnext · nxet
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "next" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "next" vs "video" - which ranks higher?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #9,246 for "next". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

You've compared "next" and "video". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "next" 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 #1,977,756 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "next" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "next 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 #1,977,756 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