Which to use
“vice” is a noun and “video” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,622
- “vice” frequency rank
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- 13276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vice | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Laster, Untugend | Video- |
Letter map: vice vs video
Shared letters muted; letters that set vice and video apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. vice runs 4 letters (CVCV) against video's 5 (CVCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - vice and video
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vice is anoun and videoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vice is recorded at frequency rank #12,622, classified as anoun, pronounced [vis]. 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 13276, this pair ranks #1,958,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vice vs video
Shared letters: eiv. Private to "vice": c. Private to "video": do.
"vice" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vice" and "video" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "vice" or "video"?
After this comparison
You've compared "vice" and "video". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "vice" 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 #1,958,986 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vice" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vice vs vila". 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 #1,958,986 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.