extendedvsstatementsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#31,535
“extended” frequency rank
#19,046
“statements” frequency rank
50581
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extended statements
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs extend Plural des Substantivs statement

Letter map: extended vs statements

Shared letters muted; letters that set extended and statements apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. extended runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against statements's 10 (CCVCVCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
extended
10 ch
statements

Part-of-speech tell for extended / statements

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extended is averb and statementsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50581, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extended is recorded at frequency rank #31,535, classified as averb, pronounced […]. statements is at rank #19,046, 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 50581, this pair ranks #1,168,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extended vs statements

Shared letters: ent. Private to "extended": dx. Private to "statements": ams.

"extended" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "statements" · 10 letters · shape CCVCVCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extendedetxended · exetnded · extedned · extendde · extendded · extendedd · extenedd · extennded
  • statementssattements · sstatements · staetments · stateemnts · statemennts · statemenst · statementss · statementts

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "extended" and "statements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "extended" is a verb and "statements" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "extended" or "statements"?
"statements" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,046 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.

Useful next steps

Pair "extended" vs "statements" 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 "statements" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,168,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extended" and "statements" 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 #1,168,217 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