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

#10,851
“extendida” frequency rank
#25,272
“extendidas” frequency rank
36123
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extendida extendidas
Definition Forma del femenino de extendido, participio de extender o de extenderse. Forma del femenino plural de extendido, participio de extender o de extenderse.

Where the eye mixes extendida and extendidas

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence.

9 ch
extendida
10 ch
extendidas

Visual trap between extendida and extendidas

A purely visual mix-up. extendida ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]) and extendidas ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) 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 extra letter(s) - “extendida” sits inside “extendidas”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36123, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extendida is recorded at frequency rank #10,851, classified as aparticiple, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a]. 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 36123, this pair ranks #182,357 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of extendida vs extendidas

Shared letters: adeintx. Private to "extendida": -. Private to "extendidas": s.

"extendida" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "extendidas" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extendidaetxendida · exetndida · extednida · extenddia · extenddida · extendiad · extendidda · extenidda
  • extendidasetxendidas · exetndidas · extednidas · extenddias · extenddidas · extendiads · extendidass · extendiddas

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "extendida" and "extendidas" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] versus [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞as]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "extendida" vs "extendidas" - which ranks higher?
"extendida" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,851 in our Spanish list, against #25,272 for "extendidas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extendida" 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 #182,357 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extendida" 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 #182,357 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