extrasvsmilitaryTell them apart

Quick tell: extras is a noun, military is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“extras” is a noun and “military” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#23,927
“extras” frequency rank
#29,699
“military” frequency rank
53626
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extras military
Definition Plural des Substantivs extra militärisch

Letter map: extras vs military

Shared letters muted; letters that set extras and military apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extras runs 6 letters (VCCCVC) against military's 8 (CVCVCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
extras
8 ch
military

Part-of-speech tell for extras / military

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extras is anoun and militaryanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extras is recorded at frequency rank #23,927, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. military is at rank #29,699, tagged as anadj, 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 53626, this pair ranks #1,050,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extras vs military

Shared letters: art. Private to "extras": esx. Private to "military": ilmy.

"extras" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC  ·  "military" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extrasetxras · exrtas · extars · extrass · extrras · extrsa · exttras · exxtras
  • militaryimlitary · miiltary · miliatry · militarry · militaryy · militayr · militray · milittary

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "extras" and "military" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "extras" is a noun and "military" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "extras" or "military"?
"extras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,927 in our German list, against #29,699 for "military". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "extras" and "military".

  • Full dictionary entry for "extras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "military" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,050,694 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extras" and "military" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "military 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 #1,050,694 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