videovsyourWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: video is a adjective, your is a pronoun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#654
“video” frequency rank
#3,411
“your” frequency rank
4065
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature video your
Definition Video- dein, Ihr

Letter map: video vs your

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

5 ch
video
4 ch
your

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: video is anadjective and yourapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4065, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

video is recorded at frequency rank #654, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. your is at rank #3,411, 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 4065, this pair ranks #1,998,671 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of video vs your

Shared letters: o. Private to "video": deiv. Private to "your": ruy.

"video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "your" · 4 letters · shape VVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • videoivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo
  • youroyur · yoru · yourr · yuor · yyour

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "video" and "your" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "video" is an adjective and "your" a pronoun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "video" or "your"?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #654 in our German list, against #3,411 for "your". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list