videotape
"videotape" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“videotape” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,302. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,302
- frequency rank, English
- 7,391
- “V” headwords
- 12
- tracked misspellings
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | videotape |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #26,302 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “videotape” sits in English frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 12 spelling variants around videotape, anoun. Corpus frequency is #26,302 among 7,391 “V” headwords. Dominant gloss: "A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for videotape, with forms such as "ivdeotape", "vdieotape", and "viddeotape". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
Etymologically, the entry records: From video + tape, a trademark of media company Ampex. The correct English form is videotape, spelled V-I-D-E-O-T-A-P-E.
Definition
- 1A relatively wide magnetic tape used for recording visual images and sounds (as of a television production) for subsequent playback or broadcasting.
Etymology
From video + tape, a trademark of media company Ampex.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ivdeotape
- vdieotape
- viddeotape
- videoatpe
- videotaep
- videotappe
- videotpae
- videottape
- videtoape
- vidoetape
- viedotape
- vvideotape
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of videotape - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “videotape”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is V-I-D-E-O-T-A-P-E - 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.