extension

/\ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃\/ noun

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#3,195

in French word usage

Misspellings

13

tracked variants

Confusables

4

similar word pairs

extension is aFrenchnoun. It means: Accroissement d’étendue. Pronounced \ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. It ranks #3,195 in French word frequency. Often confused with extorsion and extensive.

Key facts for extension
PropertyValue
Headwordextension
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃\
Letters9
Frequency rank#3,195
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs4
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of extension in French word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The French entry for extension is 9 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Corpus data places it at rank #3,195 in overall French word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 14 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 13 documented wrong-spelling variants for extension, with forms such as "etxension", "exetnsion", and "extenison". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 4 confusable-pair relationships, "extorsion", "extensive", "extensions", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct French form is extension, spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Accroissement d’étendue.
  2. 2
    Action d’étendre un corps, de lui faire acquérir plus de surface.
  3. 3
    Action de ce qui s’étend ; se dit surtout des membres.
  4. 4
    Propriété d’un corps d’avoir une étendue, d’occuper une portion d’espace
  5. 5
    Capacité du sens d’un terme, d’un concept, d’inclure un nombre plus ou moins important d’objets référents
  6. 6
    Opération par laquelle on étend, en la tirant, une partie luxée ou fracturée, pour remettre les os dans leur situation naturelle.
  7. 7
    Relâchement d’un nerf, d’un tendon, qui vient, par quelque effort, à s’étendre plus qu’il ne faudrait.
  8. 8
    Augmentation d’un privilège, d’une autorité.
  9. 9
    Interprétation ou application d’une loi, d’une clause, etc., dans un sens plus étendu.
  10. 10
    Action d’étendre la signification d’un mot, tient le milieu entre le sens propre et le sens figuré.
  11. 11
    Suffixe identifiant le format d’un fichier ou d’un nom de domaine.
  12. 12
    Module conçu pour rajouter des possibilités supplémentaires à un programme, à un jeu… Pour un jeu vidéo, on parle plutôt d’addon (ou add-on). Pour un logiciel, on emploie plutôt le mot plug-in.
  13. 13
    Terme utilisé dans la théorie des corps, par opposition à sous-corps.
  14. 14
    Désignation d’un ensemble d’éléments par énumération explicite de chacun des cas correspondant.

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: etxension,exetnsion,extenison,extennsion,extensino,extensionn,extensoin,extenssion,extesnion,extnesion,exttension,exxtension,xetension

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for extension

Misspelling Variants of "extension"

etxension9exetnsion9extenison9extennsion10extensino9extensionn10extensoin9extenssion10
Misspelling Variants of "extension"

Frequency rank: #3,195 in French

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "extension"?
"extension" is spelled E-X-T-E-N-S-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is \ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃\.
What does "extension" mean?
As a noun, "extension" means: Accroissement d’étendue.
What words are commonly confused with "extension"?
"extension" is commonly confused with "extorsion", "extensive", "extensions". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "extension"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "extension" is \ɛk.stɑ̃.sjɔ̃\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "extension" come from?
"extension" is a French word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.