video call
"video-call" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“video call” is uncommon English (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency English
- 10
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A live audiovisual telecommunication; a phone call with video; a video chat.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | video call |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 10 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “video call” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
video call is uncommon English outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A live audiovisual telecommunication; a phone call with video; a video chat.".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for video call, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is video call, spelled V-I-D-E-O- -C-A-L-L.
Definition
- 1A live audiovisual telecommunication; a phone call with video; a video chat.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “video call”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-I-D-E-O- -C-A-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.