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.
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
- extended ← etxended · exetnded · extedned · extendde · extendded · extendedd · extenedd · extennded
- statements ← sattements · sstatements · staetments · stateemnts · statemennts · statemenst · statementss · statementts
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extended" and "statements" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "extended" or "statements"?
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.