TutorialvsvideoConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#21,806
“Tutorial” frequency rank
#654
“video” frequency rank
22460
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Tutorial video
Definition schriftliche oder filmische Anleitung mit Schritt-für-Schritt-Erklärungen Video-

Letter map: Tutorial vs video

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

8 ch
Tutorial
5 ch
video

Grammar separator: Tutorial vs video

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Tutorial is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22460, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Tutorial is recorded at frequency rank #21,806, 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 22460, this pair ranks #1,873,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Tutorial vs video

Shared letters: io. Private to "Tutorial": alrtu. Private to "video": dev.

"Tutorial" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Tutorialttuorial · ttutorial · tuotrial · tutoiral · tutorail · tutoriall · tutorila · tutorrial
  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Tutorial" and "video" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Tutorial" is a noun and "video" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Tutorial" or "video" show up more?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #21,806 for "Tutorial". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Tutorial" 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 #1,873,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Tutorial" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Tutorial". 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 #1,873,875 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