extension
[ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃]
The verdict
“extension” has 14 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #32,661. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #32,661
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 5,243
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 10
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Extensión.
Corpus desk
Index ES-extension · extension · Spanish
extension · rank #32,661 · 14 variants · 10 confusables
- FREQ-MID #32,661
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,243
- PHOTO-FINISH exponerse
Nearest frequency peer: exponerse (-2 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “extension”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- exhibió
exhibió
67,344 corpus weight
- exponerse
exponerse
67,342 corpus weight
- extension
extension
67,340 corpus weight
- facilitará
facilitará
67,338 corpus weight
- fallen
fallen
67,337 corpus weight
- falsificar
falsificar
67,336 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “extension” sits against the nearest ranked Spanish headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extension |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃] |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #32,661 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 10 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Dónde se sitúa “extension” en la frecuencia del español
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around extension (IPA [ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #32,661 among 5,243 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Extensión.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for extension, with forms such as "etxension", "exetnsion", and "extencion". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "extenso", "extinción", "extorsión", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct Spanish form is extension, spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-O-N.
Definition
- 1Extensión.
Antonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxension
- exetnsion
- extencion
- extenison
- extennsion
- extensino
- extensionn
- extensoin
- extenssion
- extesnion
- extnesion
- exttension
- exxtension
- xetension
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extension - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 Spanish corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar Spanish words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "extension", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked Spanish headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).
What to do next
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- "extension" maps to 10 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "extenso". View pair
- 14 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
- Usage frequency rank #32,661 among Spanish headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
- Browse more Spanish words in the "E" letter cohort. E–Z browse
PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.
Data Source
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.