extingue
[eksˈt̪ĩŋge]
The verdict
“extingue” has 11 generated spelling variants in the Spanish index at frequency #49,644. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #49,644
- frequency rank, Spanish
- 101,141
- “E” headwords
- 11
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de extinguir o de extinguirse.
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 | extingue |
| Language | Spanish |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [eksˈt̪ĩŋge] |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #49,644 |
| Misspellings tracked | 11 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extingue” sits in Spanish frequency
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 11 spelling variants around extingue (IPA [eksˈt̪ĩŋge]), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,644 among 101,141 “E” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for extingue, with forms such as "etxingue", "exitngue", and "extignue". 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 2 confusable-pair relationships, "extinguir", "extinguió", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
No documented word history exists for this headword, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct Spanish form is extingue, spelled E-X-T-I-N-G-U-E.
Definition
- 1Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del presente de indicativo de extinguir o de extinguirse.
- 2Segunda persona del singular (tú) del imperativo afirmativo de extinguir.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- etxingue
- exitngue
- extignue
- extingeu
- extinggue
- extinngue
- extinuge
- extnigue
- exttingue
- exxtingue
- xetingue
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of extingue - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
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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Using “extingue”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct Spanish spelling is E-X-T-I-N-G-U-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [eksˈt̪ĩŋge] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “extinguir” - see the side-by-side comparison. extingue vs extinguir
- Browse more Spanish words and confusable pairs in the same reference. Spanish words
Same frequency band
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.