francisvsincludingConfusable pair

Quick tell: francis is a noun, including is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“francis” is a noun and “including” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#10,284
“francis” frequency rank
#44,703
“including” frequency rank
54987
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature francis including
Definition Francium Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs include

Letter map: francis vs including

Shared letters muted; letters that set francis and including apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. francis runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against including's 9 (VCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
francis
9 ch
including

Part-of-speech tell for francis / including

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: francis is anoun and includingaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54987, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

francis is recorded at frequency rank #10,284, 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 54987, this pair ranks #997,131 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of francis vs including

Shared letters: cin. Private to "francis": afrs. Private to "including": dglu.

"francis" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC  ·  "including" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • francis ← farncis · ffrancis · fracnis · franccis · franciss · francsi · franics · franncis
  • including ← icnluding · inccluding · inclduing · inclluding · includding · includign · includingg · includinng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "francis" for "including" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "francis" is a noun and "including" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "francis" or "including" show up more?
"francis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,284 in our German list, against #44,703 for "including". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "francis" and "including".

  • Full dictionary entry for "francis" 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 #997,131 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "francis" 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 #997,131 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list