Which to use
“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.
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
- extendido ← etxendido · exetndido · extednido · extenddido · extenddio · extendiddo · extendiod · exteniddo
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "extendido" and "extendió" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "extendido" vs "extendió" - which ranks higher?
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.