Which to use
“extension” is a noun and “Herford” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,032
- “extension” frequency rank
- #14,322
- “Herford” frequency rank
- 47354
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extension | Herford |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ausdehnung, Erweiterung, Umfang | eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland |
Letter map: extension vs Herford
Shared letters muted; letters that set extension and Herford apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extension runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against Herford's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - extension and Herford
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extension is anoun and Herfordaname. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47354, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extension is recorded at frequency rank #33,032, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Herford is at rank #14,322, tagged as aname, 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 47354, this pair ranks #1,287,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extension vs Herford
Shared letters: eo. Private to "extension": instx. Private to "Herford": dfhr.
"extension" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "Herford" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "extension" and "Herford" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "extension" vs "Herford" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "extension" and "Herford". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "extension" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Herford" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,287,212 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extension" and "Herford" 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 #1,287,212 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.