# extent

> English word · Noun · IPA /ɪkˈstɛnt/ · frequency rank #3,163

## Definitions
1. A range of values or locations.
2. The space, area, volume, point, or abstract location, to which something extends.
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.
6. A former tent

## Etymology
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.)

## Easily confused with
- **extort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extent-vs-extort)
- **extinct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extent-vs-extinct)
- **event** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/event-vs-extent)
- **eaten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eaten-vs-extent)
- **exert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exert-vs-extent)
- **except** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/except-vs-extent)
- **expect** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expect-vs-extent)
- **expert** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expert-vs-extent)
- **extend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extend-vs-extent)
- **extant** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extant-vs-extent)
- **expend** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/expend-vs-extent)
- **extends** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/extends-vs-extent)
- **entente** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/entente-vs-extent)
- **existent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/existent-vs-extent)

## Common misspellings (9)
`etxent`, `exetnt`, `extennt`, `extentt`, `extetn`, `extnet`, `exttent`, `exxtent`, `xetent`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/extent