savasvsvideoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#43,459
“savas” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
44113
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature savas video
Definition Genitiv Singular des Pronomens sava „eigene“ Video-

Letter map: savas vs video

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

5 ch
savas
5 ch
video

Grammar separator: savas vs video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: savas is anunknown and videoanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44113, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

savas is recorded at frequency rank #43,459, classified as anunknown, 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 44113, this pair ranks #1,396,641 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of savas vs video

Shared letters: v. Private to "savas": as. Private to "video": deio.

"savas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • savasasvas · saavs · savass · savsa · savvas · ssavas · svaas
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "savas" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "savas" is an unknown and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "savas" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #43,459 for "savas". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "savas" and "video".

  • Full dictionary entry for "savas" 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 #1,396,641 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "savas" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs savas". 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 #1,396,641 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