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Rule "extend (extent)"

This is one of many errors that LanguageTool can detect.

Description: extend (extent)
Message: The correct noun in this context is <suggestion>extent</suggestion>.
Category: Commonly Confused Words (ID: CONFUSED_WORDS)
Incorrect sentences
that this rule can detect:
  • The company enforces its intellectual property rights around the world to the fullest extend of the law.
    Correction suggestion: extent
ID: EXTEND_EXTENT [4]
Version: 6.6-SNAPSHOT (2024-11-07 22:33:09 +0100)