extent
ex·tent/ɪkˈstɛnt/noun
extent is spelled E-X-T-E-N-T: 6 letters and 2 syllables (ex·tent). It appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, extent means “A range of values or locations” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of extent is extents.
How many letters and syllables are in extent?
| Letters | 6: E-X-T-E-N-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: ex·tent |
| In writing | 30 times per million words; the 3,161st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is extent?
Extent appears 30 times per million words in written English, the 3,161st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce extent?
- /ɪkˈstɛnt/
Extent has 2 syllables, split ex·tent in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-extent.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of extent
- extents plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does extent mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A range of values or locations.
- 2
The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
I'm a thoroughgoing pragmatist to the fullest extent of the word.
- 3
A contiguous area of storage in a file system.
- 4
The valuation of property.
- 5
A writ directing the sheriff to seize the property of a debtor, for the recovery of debts of record due to the Crown.
adjective
- 1
obsoleteExtended.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Extent in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| German | Umfang, Ausdehnung , Ausmaß, Größe, Grad |
| Portuguese | extensão |
| French | mesure |
| Spanish | extensión |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does extent come from?
From Middle English extente, from Anglo-Norman extente and Old French estente (“valuation of land, stretch of land”), from estendre, extendre (“extend”) (or from Latin extentus), from Latin extendere (See extend.)
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).