propertyvsvideoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#33,768
“property” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
34422
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature property video
Definition das Eigentum, der Besitz Video-

Letter map: property vs video

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

8 ch
property
5 ch
video

Role in the sentence - property and video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: property is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

property is recorded at frequency rank #33,768, 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 34422, this pair ranks #1,663,695 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of property vs video

Shared letters: eo. Private to "property": prty. Private to "video": div.

"property" · 8 letters · shape CCVCVCCV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • propertyporperty · pproperty · proeprty · properrty · propertty · propertyy · properyt · propetry
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "property" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "property" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "property" vs "video" - which ranks higher?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #33,768 for "property". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "property" 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 #1,663,695 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "property" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "property 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 #1,663,695 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