resourcevsvideoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#39,595
“resource” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
40249
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resource video
Definition Ressource Video-

Letter map: resource vs video

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

8 ch
resource
5 ch
video

Role in the sentence - resource and video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: resource is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40249, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resource is recorded at frequency rank #39,595, 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 40249, this pair ranks #1,513,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resource vs video

Shared letters: eo. Private to "resource": crsu. Private to "video": div.

"resource" · 8 letters · shape CVCVVCCV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resourceersource · reosurce · resoruce · resoucre · resourcce · resourec · resourrce · resuorce
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "resource" for "video" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "resource" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "resource" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #39,595 for "resource". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "resource" 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 #1,513,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resource" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs resource". 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 #1,513,907 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