Which to use
“extended” and “shooting” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #31,535
- “extended” frequency rank
- #15,478
- “shooting” frequency rank
- 47013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extended | shooting |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs extend | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs shoot |
Letter map: extended vs shooting
Shared letters muted; letters that set extended and shooting apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extended (VCCVCCVC) and shooting (CCVVCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Pair insight - extended / shooting
extended and shooting 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 share most of their letters but differ in 8 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extended is recorded at frequency rank #31,535, classified as averb, pronounced […]. shooting is at rank #15,478, 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 47013, this pair ranks #1,299,227 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extended vs shooting
Shared letters: nt. Private to "extended": dex. Private to "shooting": ghios.
"extended" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "shooting" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "extended" vs "shooting" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "extended" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shooting" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,299,227 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extended" and "shooting" 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 #1,299,227 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.