Which to use
“extension” is a noun and “Nahmen” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,032
- “extension” frequency rank
- #2,510
- “Nahmen” frequency rank
- 35542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extension | Nahmen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ausdehnung, Erweiterung, Umfang | männlicher Vorname |
Letter map: extension vs Nahmen
Shared letters muted; letters that set extension and Nahmen apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for extension / Nahmen
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extension is anoun and Nahmenaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extension is recorded at frequency rank #33,032, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Nahmen is at rank #2,510, 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 35542, this pair ranks #1,637,493 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of extension vs Nahmen
Shared letters: en. Private to "extension": iostx. Private to "Nahmen": ahm.
"extension" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "Nahmen" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extension" and "Nahmen" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "extension" vs "Nahmen" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "extension" and "Nahmen".
- Full dictionary entry for "extension" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Nahmen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,637,493 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extension" and "Nahmen" 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 #1,637,493 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.