Which to use
“video” is an adjective and “which” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #654
- “video” frequency rank
- #12,204
- “which” frequency rank
- 12858
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | video | which |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Video- | welche? |
Letter map: video vs which
Shared letters muted; letters that set video and which apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. video (CVCVV) and which (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for video / which
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: video is anadjective and whichapronoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12858, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
video is recorded at frequency rank #654, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. which is at rank #12,204, tagged as apron, 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 12858, this pair ranks #1,961,606 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of video vs which
Shared letters: i. Private to "video": deov. Private to "which": chw.
"video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "video" and "which" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "video" vs "which" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "video" vs "which" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "video" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "which" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,961,606 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "video" and "which" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs which". 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 #1,961,606 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.