Which to use
“vicio” and “video” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,938
- “vicio” frequency rank
- #425
- “video” frequency rank
- 8363
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vicio | video |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Hábito pernicioso o disfuncional del carácter | Tecnología de la captación, grabación, procesamiento, almacenamiento, transmisión y reconstrucción por medios electrónicos digitales o analógicos de una secuencia de imágenes que representan escenas en movimiento. |
Where the eye mixes vicio and video
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: vicio vs video
A purely visual mix-up. vicio ([ˈbisjo]) and video ([biˈð̞eo]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8363, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vicio is recorded at frequency rank #7,938, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbisjo]. video is at rank #425, tagged as anoun, pronounced [biˈð̞eo].
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 8363, this pair ranks #305,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vicio vs video
Shared letters: iov. Private to "vicio": c. Private to "video": de.
"vicio" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vicio" for "video" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vicio" vs "video" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "vicio" and "video" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "vicio" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "video" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #305,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vicio" and "video" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vicio vs violo". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #305,212 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.