Which to use
“extendía” is a verb and “extensiva” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,696
- “extendía” frequency rank
- #30,910
- “extensiva” frequency rank
- 53606
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extendía | extensiva |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Primera persona del singular (yo) del pretérito imperfecto de indicativo de extender o de extenderse. | Forma del femenino de extensivo. |
Where the eye mixes extendía and extensiva
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. extendía runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVV) against extensiva's 9 (VCCVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between extendía and extensiva
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: extendía is [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ia] while extensiva is [ekst̪ẽnˈsiβ̞a]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53606, 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]. extensiva is at rank #30,910, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ekst̪ẽnˈsiβ̞a].
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 53606, this pair ranks #87,077 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of extendía vs extensiva
Shared letters: aentx. Private to "extendía": dí. Private to "extensiva": isv.
"extendía" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV · "extensiva" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- extensiva ← etxensiva · exetnsiva · extenciva · extenisva · extennsiva · extensiav · extensiba · extensivva
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "extendía" and "extensiva" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary Spanish text, does "extendía" or "extensiva" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "extendía" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extensiva" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,077 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extendía" and "extensiva" 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 #87,077 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.