extensionvstechnologiesConfusable pair

Which to use

“extension” and “technologies” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#33,032
“extension” frequency rank
#24,949
“technologies” frequency rank
57981
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extension technologies
Definition Ausdehnung, Erweiterung, Umfang Plural des Substantivs technology

Letter map: extension vs technologies

Shared letters muted; letters that set extension and technologies apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. extension runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against technologies's 12 (CVCCCVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
extension
12 ch
technologies

Pair insight - extension / technologies

extension and technologies are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extension is recorded at frequency rank #33,032, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. technologies is at rank #24,949, 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 57981, this pair ranks #880,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extension vs technologies

Shared letters: einost. Private to "extension": x. Private to "technologies": cghl.

"extension" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC  ·  "technologies" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extensionetxension · exetnsion · extenison · extennsion · extensino · extensionn · extensoin · extenssion
  • technologiesetchnologies · tcehnologies · tecchnologies · techhnologies · technloogies · technnologies · technolgoies · technollogies

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "extension" and "technologies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 3 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "extension" vs "technologies" - which ranks higher?
"technologies" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,949 in our German list, against #33,032 for "extension". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "extension" and "technologies". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extension" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "technologies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #880,217 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extension" and "technologies" 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 #880,217 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