Which to use
“vide” is a conjunction and “vídeo” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,417
- “vide” frequency rank
- #249
- “vídeo” frequency rank
- 13666
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | vide | vídeo |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | usado para assinalar exemplo ou referência; o mesmo que "a exemplo de", "haja vista que", "observando-se que", "visto que" | relativo à gravação de determinadas imagens e de áudios num suporte magnético e sua reprodução num televisor |
Letter map: vide vs vídeo
Shared letters muted; letters that set vide and vídeo apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Part-of-speech tell for vide / vídeo
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: vide is aconjunction and vídeoanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13666, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
vide is recorded at frequency rank #13,417, classified as aconj. vídeo is at rank #249, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈvi.dju/.
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 13666, this pair ranks #58,611 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of vide vs vídeo
Shared letters: dev. Private to "vide": i. Private to "vídeo": oí.
"vide" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "vídeo" · 5 letters · shape CVCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- vide ← ivde · vdie · vidde · vied · vvide
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "vide" and "vídeo" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "vide" vs "vídeo" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "vide" and "vídeo". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "vide" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vídeo" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,611 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "vide" and "vídeo" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "vide vs Vini". 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 #58,611 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.