Which to use
“fiction” is a noun and “including” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,230
- “fiction” frequency rank
- #44,703
- “including” frequency rank
- 55933
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fiction | including |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | etwas Erfundenes, Erdachtes: Erdichtung, Erfindung, Fiktion | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs include |
Letter map: fiction vs including
Shared letters muted; letters that set fiction and including apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. fiction runs 7 letters (CVCCVVC) against including's 9 (VCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for fiction / including
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fiction is anoun and includingaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55933, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fiction is recorded at frequency rank #11,230, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. including is at rank #44,703, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 55933, this pair ranks #959,994 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fiction vs including
Shared letters: cin. Private to "fiction": fot. Private to "including": dglu.
"fiction" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC · "including" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "fiction" for "including" ever safe?
Which is more common, "fiction" or "including"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fiction" and "including".
- Full dictionary entry for "fiction" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "including" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #959,994 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fiction" and "including" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "including vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #959,994 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.