Which to use
“extendía” is a verb and “extendidas” is a participle - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,696
- “extendía” frequency rank
- #25,272
- “extendidas” frequency rank
- 47968
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extendía | extendidas |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de extender o de extenderse. | Forma del femenino plural de extendido, participio de extender o de extenderse. |
Where the eye mixes extendía and extendidas
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between extendía and extendidas
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: extendía is [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia] while extendidas is [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs participle), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47968, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
extendía is recorded at frequency rank #22,696, classified as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia]. extendidas is at rank #25,272, tagged as aparticiple, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as].
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 47968, this pair ranks #117,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extendía vs extendidas
Shared letters: adentx. Private to "extendía": í. Private to "extendidas": is.
"extendía" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "extendidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- extendidas ← etxendidas · exetndidas · extednidas · extenddias · extenddidas · extendiads · extendidass · extendiddas
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "extendía" and "extendidas" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "extendía" or "extendidas"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "extendía" and "extendidas" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "extendía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extendidas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #117,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extendía" and "extendidas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entendidas vs extendidas". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #117,073 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.