Which to use
“friends” is a noun and “including” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,235
- “friends” frequency rank
- #44,703
- “including” frequency rank
- 55938
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | friends | including |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs friend | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs include |
Letter map: friends vs including
Shared letters muted; letters that set friends and including apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. friends runs 7 letters (CCVVCCC) against including's 9 (VCCCVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - friends and including
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: friends is anoun and includingaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55938, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
friends is recorded at frequency rank #11,235, 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 55938, this pair ranks #959,820 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of friends vs including
Shared letters: din. Private to "friends": efrs. Private to "including": cglu.
"friends" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCCC · "including" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "friends" and "including" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "friends" or "including"?
After this comparison
Pair "friends" vs "including" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "friends" 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 #959,820 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "friends" 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 #959,820 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.