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“extenderá” and “extendía” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#26,841
“extenderá” frequency rank
#22,696
“extendía” frequency rank
49537
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extenderá extendía
Definition Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del futuro de indicativo de extender o de extenderse. Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de extender o de extenderse.

Where the eye mixes extenderá and extendía

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. extenderá runs 9 letters (VCCVCCVCV) against extendía's 8 (VCCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

9 ch
extenderá
8 ch
extendía

Look-alike desk: extenderá vs extendía

A purely visual mix-up. extenderá ([ekst̪ẽn̪d̪eˈɾa]) and extendía ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49537, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extenderá is recorded at frequency rank #26,841, classified as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪d̪eˈɾa]. extendía is at rank #22,696, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 49537, this pair ranks #108,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extenderá vs extendía

Shared letters: dentx. Private to "extenderá": rá. Private to "extendía": aí.

"extenderá" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "extendía" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "extenderá" and "extendía" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekst̪ẽn̪d̪eˈɾa] versus [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "extenderá" or "extendía" show up more?
"extendía" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,696 in our Spanish list, against #26,841 for "extenderá". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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  • Full dictionary entry for "extenderá" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "extendía" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #108,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extenderá" and "extendía" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extendía vs extendían". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #108,255 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list