ReversevsvideoTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#28,826
“Reverse” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
29480
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Reverse video
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Revers Video-

Letter map: Reverse vs video

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

7 ch
Reverse
5 ch
video

Part-of-speech tell for Reverse / video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Reverse is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29480, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Reverse is recorded at frequency rank #28,826, 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 29480, this pair ranks #1,766,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Reverse vs video

Shared letters: ev. Private to "Reverse": rs. Private to "video": dio.

"Reverse" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCV  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Reverseerverse · reevrse · reveres · reverrse · reversse · revesre · revrese · revverse
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Reverse" and "video" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Reverse" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Reverse" vs "video" - which ranks higher?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #28,826 for "Reverse". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Reverse" 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 #1,766,049 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Reverse" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Reverse". 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 #1,766,049 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