Which to use
“extendida” is a participle and “extendió” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,851
- “extendida” frequency rank
- #9,454
- “extendió” frequency rank
- 20305
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | extendida | extendió |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Forma del femenino de extendido, participio de extender o de extenderse. | Tercera persona del singular (él, ella, ello; usted, 2.ª persona) del pretérito perfecto simple de indicativo de extender o de extenderse. |
Where the eye mixes extendida and extendió
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: extendida vs extendió
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: extendida is [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞a] while extendió is [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]. 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 (participle vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20305, 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]. extendió is at rank #9,454, tagged as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo].
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 20305, this pair ranks #259,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of extendida vs extendió
Shared letters: deintx. Private to "extendida": a. Private to "extendió": ó.
"extendida" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV · "extendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- extendida ← etxendida · exetndida · extednida · extenddia · extenddida · extendiad · extendidda · extenidda
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "extendida" for "extendió" ever safe?
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Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "extendida" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "extendió" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #259,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "extendida" and "extendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "entendidas vs extendida". 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 #259,913 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.