Which to use
“extended” and “posting” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,535
- “extended” frequency rank
- #27,004
- “posting” frequency rank
- 58539
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extended | posting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs extend | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs post |
Letter map: extended vs posting
Shared letters muted; letters that set extended and posting apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extended runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against posting's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: extended and posting
extended and posting are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58539, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extended is recorded at frequency rank #31,535, classified as averb, pronounced […]. posting is at rank #27,004, tagged as averb, 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 58539, this pair ranks #858,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extended vs posting
Shared letters: nt. Private to "extended": dex. Private to "posting": giops.
"extended" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "posting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extended" and "posting" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "extended" or "posting" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "extended" and "posting".
- Full dictionary entry for "extended" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "posting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #858,873 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extended" and "posting" 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 #858,873 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.