Which to use
“extended” is a verb and “piece” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,535
- “extended” frequency rank
- #24,871
- “piece” frequency rank
- 56406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extended | piece |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs extend | Teil, Stück |
Letter map: extended vs piece
Shared letters muted; letters that set extended and piece apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extended runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against piece's 5 (CVVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - extended and piece
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extended is averb and pieceanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extended is recorded at frequency rank #31,535, classified as averb, pronounced […]. piece is at rank #24,871, tagged as anoun, 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 56406, this pair ranks #941,409 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extended vs piece
Shared letters: e. Private to "extended": dntx. Private to "piece": cip.
"extended" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "piece" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extended" and "piece" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "extended" vs "piece" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "extended" vs "piece" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "extended" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "piece" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #941,409 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extended" and "piece" 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 #941,409 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.