Which to use
“including” is a preposition and “intruding” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #278
- “including” frequency rank
- #42,212
- “intruding” frequency rank
- 42490
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | including | intruding |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Such as, among which; introducing one or more parts of the group or topic just mentioned. | intrusion |
Letter map: including vs intruding
Shared letters muted; letters that set including and intruding apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. including and intruding follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: including vs intruding
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: including is apreposition and intrudinganoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42490, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
including is recorded at frequency rank #278, classified as aprep, pronounced /ɪnˈkluːdɪŋ/. intruding is at rank #42,212, tagged as anoun.
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 42490, this pair ranks #248,731 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of including vs intruding
Shared letters: dginu. Private to "including": cl. Private to "intruding": rt.
"including" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC · "intruding" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "including" and "intruding" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "including" vs "intruding" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "including" and "intruding". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "including" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "intruding" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #248,731 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "including" and "intruding" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "intending vs intruding". 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 #248,731 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.