productionsvsvideoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#49,172
“productions” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
49826
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature productions video
Definition Plural des Substantivs production Video-

Letter map: productions vs video

Shared letters muted; letters that set productions and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

11 ch
productions
5 ch
video

Grammar separator: productions vs video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: productions is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 6 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49826, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

productions is recorded at frequency rank #49,172, 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 49826, this pair ranks #1,196,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of productions vs video

Shared letters: dio. Private to "productions": cnprstu. Private to "video": ev.

"productions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • productionsporductions · pproductions · prdouctions · prodcutions · prodductions · producctions · producitons · productinos
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "productions" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "productions" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "productions" or "video"?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #49,172 for "productions". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "productions" 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 #1,196,892 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "productions" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "productions 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 #1,196,892 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