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

#8,117
“extendido” frequency rank
#9,454
“extendió” frequency rank
17571
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature extendido extendió
Definition Participio de extender. 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 extendido and extendió

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.

9 ch
extendido
8 ch
extendió

Why the eye confuses extendido with extendió

A purely visual mix-up. extendido ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]) and extendió ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) 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 17571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

extendido is recorded at frequency rank #8,117, classified as averb, pronounced [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o]. 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 17571, this pair ranks #271,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of extendido vs extendió

Shared letters: deintx. Private to "extendido": o. Private to "extendió": ó.

"extendido" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCVCV  ·  "extendió" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • extendidoetxendido · exetndido · extednido · extenddido · extenddio · extendiddo · extendiod · exteniddo

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "extendido" and "extendió" be used interchangeably?
No. They are said differently ([ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪ið̞o] versus [ekst̪ẽn̪ˈd̪jo]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Frequency check: "extendido" vs "extendió" - which ranks higher?
"extendido" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,117 in our Spanish list, against #9,454 for "extendió". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Eye-level mix-up between "extendido" and "extendió" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "extendido" 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 #271,578 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "extendido" and "extendió" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "excedió vs extendió". 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 #271,578 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