Which to use
“extension” is a noun and “googles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,032
- “extension” frequency rank
- #25,158
- “googles” frequency rank
- 58190
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extension | googles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ausdehnung, Erweiterung, Umfang | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs google |
Letter map: extension vs googles
Shared letters muted; letters that set extension and googles apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extension runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against googles's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: extension vs googles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extension is anoun and googlesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58190, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extension is recorded at frequency rank #33,032, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. googles is at rank #25,158, 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 58190, this pair ranks #872,309 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extension vs googles
Shared letters: eos. Private to "extension": intx. Private to "googles": gl.
"extension" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "googles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "extension" and "googles". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "extension" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "googles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #872,309 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extension" and "googles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extension 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 #872,309 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.