# video

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈvɪd.i.əʊ/ · frequency rank #363

## Definitions
1. Television, a television show, or a movie.
2. A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).
3. A motion picture stored on VHS or some other format.
4. VHS.

## Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-der.
Proto-Italic *widēō
Latin videōbor.
English video
From the root vide of Latin videō (“to see”) + -o, formed in analogy to audio.

## Easily confused with
- **vie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vie)
- **view** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-view)
- **vine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vine)
- **vile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vile)
- **Viet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-viet)
- **vive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vive)
- **vise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vise)
- **vino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vino)
- **Vigo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vigo)
- **vines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vines)
- **viper** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-viper)
- **Virgo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-virgo)
- **Vimeo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vimeo)
- **vixen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vixen)
- **vidya** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vidya)
- **Vivek** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-vivek)
- **voided** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/video-vs-voided)
- **vid** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vid-vs-video)
- **vice** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vice-vs-video)
- **vibe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/vibe-vs-video)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ivdeo`, `vdieo`, `viddeo`, `vidoe`, `viedo`, `vvideo`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/video