vídeosvsvimosTell them apart

Quick tell: vídeos is a noun, vimos is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“vídeos” is a noun and “vimos” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#2,913
“vídeos” frequency rank
#4,388
“vimos” frequency rank
7301
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature vídeos vimos
Definition Forma del plural de vídeo. Primera persona del plural (nosotros, nosotras) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de ver o de verse.

Where the eye mixes vídeos and vimos

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.

6 ch
vídeos
5 ch
vimos

Visual trap between vídeos and vimos

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: vídeos is [ˈbið̞eos] while vimos is [ˈbimos]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

vídeos is recorded at frequency rank #2,913, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈbið̞eos]. vimos is at rank #4,388, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈbimos].

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 7301, this pair ranks #308,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of vídeos vs vimos

Shared letters: osv. Private to "vídeos": deí. Private to "vimos": im.

"vídeos" · 6 letters · shape CVCVVC  ·  "vimos" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • vimosbimos · ivmos · vimmos · vimoss · vimso · vioms · vmios · vvimos

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "vídeos" for "vimos" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "vídeos" is a noun and "vimos" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "vídeos" or "vimos" show up more?
"vídeos" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,913 in our Spanish list, against #4,388 for "vimos". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "vídeos" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "vimos" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #308,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "vídeos" and "vimos" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vimos 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 #308,380 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list