Which to use
“vidéo” and “vive” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #443
- “vidéo” frequency rank
- #2,206
- “vive” frequency rank
- 2649
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vidéo | vive |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ensemble des techniques permettant la visualisation ou l’enregistrement d’images animées accompagnées de son, sur un support électronique. | Type de poisson osseux marin de l’Atlantique, de la Méditerranée et de la mer Noire, qui possède une épine dorsale venimeuse, et a la bouche inclinée vers le haut et les yeux situés au-dessus de la tête, de la famille des trachinidés, par exemple la grande vive. |
Where the eye mixes vidéo and vive
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses vidéo with vive
A purely visual mix-up. vidéo (\vi.de.o\) and vive (\viv\) 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 2649, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vidéo is recorded at frequency rank #443, classified as anoun, pronounced \vi.de.o\. vive is at rank #2,206, tagged as anoun, pronounced \viv\.
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 2649, this pair ranks #435,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vidéo vs vive
Shared letters: iv. Private to "vidéo": doé. Private to "vive": e.
"vidéo" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV · "vive" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vive ← ivve · viev · vivve · vvie · vvive
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "vidéo" for "vive" ever safe?
Frequency check: "vidéo" vs "vive" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "vidéo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vive" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #435,728 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vidéo" and "vive" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "viv vs vive". 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 #435,728 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.