videovsvielWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#654
“video” frequency rank
#100
“viel” frequency rank
754
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature video viel
Definition Video- eine unbestimmte, große Menge von etwas; reichlich

Letter map: video vs viel

Shared letters muted; letters that set video and viel apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
video
4 ch
viel

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: video is anadjective and vielanadverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 754, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

video is recorded at frequency rank #654, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. viel is at rank #100, tagged as anadv, pronounced [fiːl].

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 754, this pair ranks #2,005,392 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of video vs viel

Shared letters: eiv. Private to "video": do. Private to "viel": l.

"video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "viel" · 4 letters · shape CVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo
  • vielivel · veil · viell · vile · vviel

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "video" and "viel" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "video" is an adjective and "viel" an adverb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "video" or "viel"?
"viel" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #100 in our German list, against #654 for "video". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "video" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "viel" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #2,005,392 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "video" and "viel" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs video". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list