extensions
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The verdict
“extensions” is uncommon German (frequency #56,963 among 57,060 “E” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,963
- frequency rank, German
- 57,060
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Plural des Substantivs extension
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extensions |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | […] |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #56,963 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extensions” sits in German frequency
Rare enough to double-check
extensions is uncommon German at frequency #56,963 among 57,060 “E” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Plural des Substantivs extension".
No misspelling variants are generated for extensions in our index, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct German form is extensions, spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-O-N-S.
Definition
- 1Plural des Substantivs extension
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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- The one correct German spelling is E-X-T-E-N-S-I-O-N-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.