extend
The verdict
“extend” is uncommon Portuguese (frequency #92,812 among 1,279 “E” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #92,812
- frequency rank, Portuguese
- 1,279
- “E” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - extender, alongar
Corpus desk
Index PT-extend · extend · Portuguese
extend · rank #92,812 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #92,812
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 1,279
- PHOTO-FINISH exéquias
Nearest frequency peer: exéquias (+2 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.
Ranks da cauda longa perto de “extend”
Faixa escassa: as barras invertem o rank para o raro ler-se mais curto
- esprit
esprit
7,211 corpus weight
- extend
extend
7,189 corpus weight
- exéquias
exéquias
7,187 corpus weight
- fedelho
fedelho
7,181 corpus weight
- ferragem
ferragem
7,180 corpus weight
- fincado
fincado
7,172 corpus weight
What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “extend” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | extend |
| Language | Portuguese |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #92,812 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Cauda longa: rank de “extend” em português
Rare enough to double-check
extend is uncommon Portuguese at frequency #92,812 among 1,279 “E” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for extend in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable Portuguese patterns. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct Portuguese form is extend, spelled E-X-T-E-N-D.
Definition
- 1extender, alongar
- 2alongar-se, extender-se
- 3oferecer, conceder
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how extend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
The desert extended for miles in all directions.
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 Portuguese corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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