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.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extras" and "military" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "extras" or "military"?
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.