extended
\eks.tenˈdeð\
The verdict
“extended” is uncommon French (frequency #51,461 among 201,161 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #51,461
- frequency rank, French
- 201,161
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de extender.
Corpus desk
Index FR-extended · extended · French
extended · rank #51,461 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #51,461
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 201,161
- PHOTO-FINISH exposa
Nearest frequency peer: exposa (-1 rank slots)
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Frequency neighbourhood for “extended”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- exhumation
exhumation
48,544 corpus weight
- exploratoire
exploratoire
48,542 corpus weight
- exposa
exposa
48,541 corpus weight
- extended
extended
48,540 corpus weight
- exubérante
exubérante
48,538 corpus weight
- fauchée
fauchée
48,537 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “extended” sits against the nearest ranked French headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extended |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \eks.tenˈdeð\ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #51,461 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “extended” sits in French frequency
Rare enough to double-check
extended is uncommon French at frequency #51,461 among 201,161 “E” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \eks.tenˈdeð\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de extender.".
Zero misspellings are on record for extended in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is extended, spelled E-X-T-E-N-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1Deuxième personne du pluriel de l’impératif de extender.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of May 6, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Similar French words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.