realityvsvideoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#10,922
“reality” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
11576
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reality video
Definition Realität, Wirklichkeit Video-

Letter map: reality vs video

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

7 ch
reality
5 ch
video

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reality is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11576, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reality is recorded at frequency rank #10,922, 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 11576, this pair ranks #1,969,128 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reality vs video

Shared letters: ei. Private to "reality": alrty. Private to "video": dov.

"reality" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • realityerality · raelity · reailty · realitty · realityy · realiyt · reallity · realtiy
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reality" and "video" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reality" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reality" or "video"?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #10,922 for "reality". 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 "reality" and "video". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reality" 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 #1,969,128 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reality" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs reality". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list