Video game or videogame?
video game is a noun meaning “A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video…”; videogame is a noun meaning “Alternative spelling of video game”. Wiktionary gives them as spellings of the same word. video game is written as two words and videogame as one word; they are used differently.
What is the difference between video game and videogame?
| video game | videogame | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | noun, verb | noun |
| Meaning | A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and… | Alternative spelling of video game |
| Example | My uncle’s favorite video game is Minecraft | none recorded |
| Forms | none | videogames |
| Pronunciation | /ˈvɪdiːəʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/ /ˈvɪdioʊ̯ˌɡeɪm/ /ˈvɪdjoʊˌɡeɪm/ | not recorded |
| In writing | not counted (the list counts single words) | about once in every 1 million words |
Sources: video game and videogame in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of video game and videogame
video game
- 1
A type of game, existing as and controlled by software, usually run by a video game console or a computer, played on a monitor or television screen, and controlled by a joypad, joystick, keyboard…
My uncle’s favorite video game is Minecraft
- 2
Alternative form of video game
videogame
- 1
Alternative spelling of video game
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, video game or videogame?
video game is a phrase, which the list of single words does not count; videogame about once in every 1 million words.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).