extrasvspartiesWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: extras is a noun, parties is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#23,927
“extras” frequency rank
#24,064
“parties” frequency rank
47991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extras parties
Definition Plural des Substantivs extra 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs party

Letter map: extras vs parties

Shared letters muted; letters that set extras and parties apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. extras runs 6 letters (VCCCVC) against parties's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
extras
7 ch
parties

Role in the sentence - extras and parties

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: extras is anoun and partiesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extras is recorded at frequency rank #23,927, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. parties is at rank #24,064, tagged as averb, 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 47991, this pair ranks #1,264,746 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extras vs parties

Shared letters: aerst. Private to "extras": x. Private to "parties": ip.

"extras" · 6 letters · shape VCCCVC  ·  "parties" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extrasetxras · exrtas · extars · extrass · extrras · extrsa · exttras · exxtras
  • partiesaprties · parites · parrties · parteis · partiess · partise · partties · patries

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "extras" for "parties" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "extras" is a noun and "parties" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "extras" or "parties" show up more?
"extras" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,927 in our German list, against #24,064 for "parties". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "extras" vs "parties" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extras" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "parties" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,264,746 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extras" and "parties" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "parties 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 #1,264,746 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