Which to use
“video” and “vilo” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #425
- “video” frequency rank
- #41,132
- “vilo” frequency rank
- 41557
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | video | vilo |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Véase en vilo |
Where the eye mixes video and vilo
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. video runs 5 letters (CVCVV) against vilo's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: video vs vilo
A purely visual mix-up. video ([biˈð̞eo]) and vilo ([ˈbilo]) 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 41557, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
video is recorded at frequency rank #425, classified as anoun, pronounced [biˈð̞eo]. vilo is at rank #41,132, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈbilo].
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 41557, this pair ranks #153,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of video vs vilo
Shared letters: iov. Private to "video": de. Private to "vilo": l.
"video" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vilo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "video" for "vilo" ever safe?
Frequency check: "video" vs "vilo" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "video" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vilo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "video" and "vilo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vilo 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
Confusion rank #153,026 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.