extendedvsmilleWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: extended is a verb, mille is a num, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“extended” is a verb and “mille” is a num - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#31,535
“extended” frequency rank
#25,671
“mille” frequency rank
57206
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extended mille
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs extend tausend

Letter map: extended vs mille

Shared letters muted; letters that set extended and mille apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. extended runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against mille's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
extended
5 ch
mille

Grammar separator: extended vs mille

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extended is averb and milleanum. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57206, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extended is recorded at frequency rank #31,535, classified as averb, pronounced […]. mille is at rank #25,671, tagged as anum, pronounced […].

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 57206, this pair ranks #910,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extended vs mille

Shared letters: e. Private to "extended": dntx. Private to "mille": ilm.

"extended" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "mille" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extendedetxended · exetnded · extedned · extendde · extendded · extendedd · extenedd · extennded
  • milleimlle · milel · mlile · mmille

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "extended" for "mille" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "extended" is a verb and "mille" a num, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "extended" or "mille" show up more?
"mille" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #25,671 in our German list, against #31,535 for "extended". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "extended" and "mille". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extended" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "mille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #910,340 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extended" and "mille" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extended vs puzzles". 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 #910,340 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list