videovsvídeosWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“video” and “vídeos” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#425
“video” frequency rank
#2,913
“vídeos” frequency rank
3338
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature video vídeos
Definition 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. Forma del plural de vídeo.

Where the eye mixes video and vídeos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

5 ch
video
6 ch
vídeos

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

A purely visual mix-up. video ([biˈð̞eo]) and vídeos ([ˈbið̞eos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3338, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

video is recorded at frequency rank #425, classified as anoun, pronounced [biˈð̞eo]. vídeos is at rank #2,913, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbið̞eos].

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 3338, this pair ranks #318,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of video vs vídeos

Shared letters: deov. Private to "video": i. Private to "vídeos": .

"video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV  ·  "vídeos" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • videobideo · ivdeo · vdieo · viddeo · vidoe · viedo · vvideo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "video" and "vídeos" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([biˈð̞eo] versus [ˈbið̞eos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "video" or "vídeos"?
"video" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #425 in our Spanish list, against #2,913 for "vídeos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "video" and "vídeos". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "video" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vídeos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #318,518 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "video" and "vídeos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vídeos vs visos". 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

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list