poweredvsvideoWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#38,951
“powered” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
39605
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature powered video
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs power Video-

Letter map: powered vs video

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

7 ch
powered
5 ch
video

Grammar separator: powered vs video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: powered is averb and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39605, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

powered is recorded at frequency rank #38,951, 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 39605, this pair ranks #1,532,069 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of powered vs video

Shared letters: deo. Private to "powered": prw. Private to "video": iv.

"powered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • poweredopwered · poewred · poweerd · powerde · poweredd · powerred · powreed · powwered
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "powered" for "video" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "powered" is a verb and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "powered" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #38,951 for "powered". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "powered" 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 #1,532,069 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "powered" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "powered 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 #1,532,069 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