extend

verb

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

corpus weight

What this shows Vista da cauda longa: onde “extend” se situa face a ranks portugueses igualmente raros.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for extend
PropertyValue
Headwordextend
LanguagePortuguese
Part of speechVerb
Letters6
Frequency rank#92,812
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Cauda longa: rank de “extend” em português

Da esquerda para a direita: o pouco que carrega a fala diária, depois a cauda longa quase invisível.extendcai nesta cauda de raridade:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

O eixo é logarítmico: cada tick marca cerca de dez vezes menos frequência. Vizinhos raros da mesma faixa: “exéquias” (#92,814), “fedelho” (#92,820), “ferragem” (#92,821). Entre 1,279 lemas com “E”, “extend” fica em #92,812. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

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

  1. 1
    extender, alongar
  2. 2
    alongar-se, extender-se
  3. 3
    oferecer, conceder

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how extend appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. 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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "extend"?
"extend" is spelled E-X-T-E-N-D.
What does "extend" mean?
As a verb, "extend" means: extender, alongar
What language does "extend" come from?
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Similar Portuguese words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "extend", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked Portuguese headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list