extrasvsguitarTell them apart

Which to use

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

#23,927
“extras” frequency rank
#35,220
“guitar” frequency rank
59147
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extras guitar
Definition Plural des Substantivs extra Gitarre; Musikintrument mit 6 Saiten

Letter map: extras vs guitar

Shared letters muted; letters that set extras and guitar apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extras (VCCCVC) and guitar (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
extras
6 ch
guitar

Spelling & dictionary notes on extras vs guitar

extras and guitar 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 share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59147, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extras is recorded at frequency rank #23,927, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. guitar is at rank #35,220, 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 59147, this pair ranks #835,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extras vs guitar

Shared letters: art. Private to "extras": esx. Private to "guitar": giu.

"extras" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC  ·  "guitar" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extrasetxras · exrtas · extars · extrass · extrras · extrsa · exttras · exxtras
  • guitargguitar · giutar · guiatr · guitarr · guitra · guittar · gutiar · ugitar

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "extras" for "guitar" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "extras" vs "guitar" - which ranks higher?
"extras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,927 in our German list, against #35,220 for "guitar". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "extras" and "guitar". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guitar" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #835,502 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extras" and "guitar" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guitar 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 #835,502 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