Which to use
“extendía” and “extendido” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #22,696
- “extendía” frequency rank
- #8,117
- “extendido” frequency rank
- 30813
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extendía | extendido |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de extender o de extenderse. | Participio de extender. |
Where the eye mixes extendía and extendido
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. extendía runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against extendido's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between extendía and extendido
A purely visual mix-up. extendía ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia]) and extendido ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) 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 30813, 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]. extendido is at rank #8,117, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o].
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 30813, this pair ranks #210,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extendía vs extendido
Shared letters: dentx. Private to "extendía": aí. Private to "extendido": io.
"extendía" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "extendido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- extendido ← etxendido · exetndido · extednido · extenddido · extenddio · extendiddo · extendiod · exteniddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extendía" and "extendido" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "extendía" or "extendido" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "extendía" and "extendido" 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 "extendido" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #210,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extendía" and "extendido" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "extendía vs extendían". 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 #210,180 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.