includingvsNetteWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,703
“including” frequency rank
#3,060
“Nette” frequency rank
47763
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature including Nette
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs include linker Nebenfluss des Rheins, der bei Weißenthurm in den Mittelrhein mündet

Letter map: including vs Nette

Shared letters muted; letters that set including and Nette apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

9 ch
including
5 ch
Nette

Grammar separator: including vs Nette

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: including is averb and Netteaname. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

including is recorded at frequency rank #44,703, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Nette is at rank #3,060, tagged as aname, 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 47763, this pair ranks #1,272,914 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of including vs Nette

Shared letters: n. Private to "including": cdgilu. Private to "Nette": et.

"including" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC  ·  "Nette" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • includingicnluding · inccluding · inclduing · inclluding · includding · includign · includingg · includinng
  • Netteentte · nete · netet · nnette · ntete

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "including" and "Nette" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "including" is a verb and "Nette" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "including" or "Nette"?
"Nette" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,060 in our German list, against #44,703 for "including". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

Pair "including" vs "Nette" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "including" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Nette" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,272,914 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "including" and "Nette" 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 #1,272,914 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