presentsvsvideoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,164
“presents” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
49818
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature presents video
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs present Video-

Letter map: presents vs video

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

8 ch
presents
5 ch
video

Role in the sentence - presents and video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: presents is averb and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49818, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

presents is recorded at frequency rank #49,164, 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 49818, this pair ranks #1,197,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of presents vs video

Shared letters: e. Private to "presents": nprst. Private to "video": diov.

"presents" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • presentspersents · ppresents · preesnts · presennts · presenst · presentss · presentts · presetns
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "presents" and "video" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "presents" is a verb and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "presents" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #49,164 for "presents". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "presents" 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 #1,197,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "presents" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "presents 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 #1,197,206 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