statementsvsvideoWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#19,046
“statements” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
19700
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature statements video
Definition Plural des Substantivs statement Video-

Letter map: statements vs video

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

10 ch
statements
5 ch
video

Role in the sentence - statements and video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: statements is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

statements is recorded at frequency rank #19,046, 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 19700, this pair ranks #1,905,558 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of statements vs video

Shared letters: e. Private to "statements": amnst. Private to "video": diov.

"statements" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCCC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • statementssattements · sstatements · staetments · stateemnts · statemennts · statemenst · statementss · statementts
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "statements" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "statements" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "statements" or "video"?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #19,046 for "statements". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "statements" 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 #1,905,558 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "statements" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs statements". 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 #1,905,558 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