Which to use
“extension” is a noun and “yourself” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,032
- “extension” frequency rank
- #21,854
- “yourself” frequency rank
- 54886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extension | yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ausdehnung, Erweiterung, Umfang | [du] dich selbst; [du] dir selbst, [du] selbst |
Letter map: extension vs yourself
Shared letters muted; letters that set extension and yourself apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. extension runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVVC) against yourself's 8 (VVVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - extension and yourself
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extension is anoun and yourselfapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extension is recorded at frequency rank #33,032, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. yourself is at rank #21,854, tagged as apron, 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 54886, this pair ranks #1,001,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extension vs yourself
Shared letters: eos. Private to "extension": intx. Private to "yourself": flruy.
"extension" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVVC · "yourself" · 8 letters · shape VVVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extension" and "yourself" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "extension" vs "yourself" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "extension" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yourself" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,001,129 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extension" and "yourself" 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 #1,001,129 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.