excluding
"excluding" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“excluding” has 14 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #8,034. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #8,034
- frequency rank, English
- 2,246
- “E” headwords
- 14
- tracked misspellings
- 3
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - to the exclusion of; not including
Corpus desk
Index EN-excluding · excluding · English
excluding · rank #8,034 · 14 variants · 3 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #8,034
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
- VAR-HIGH 14 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,246
- PHOTO-FINISH exceed
Nearest frequency peer: exceed (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “excluding”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- enrollment
enrollment
91,970 corpus weight
- Essex
Essex
91,969 corpus weight
- exceed
exceed
91,968 corpus weight
- excluding
excluding
91,967 corpus weight
- expressions
expressions
91,966 corpus weight
- fierce
fierce
91,965 corpus weight
What this shows “excluding” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | excluding |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Preposition |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #8,034 |
| Misspellings tracked | 14 |
| Confusable pairs | 3 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “excluding”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 14 spelling variants around excluding, apreposition. Corpus frequency is #8,034 among 2,246 “E” headwords. Dominant gloss: "to the exclusion of; not including".
Our generated misspelling index lists 14 likely wrong-spelling variants for excluding, with forms such as "ecxluding", "exccluding", and "exclduing". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 3 confusable-pair relationships, "excusing", "exploding", "exceeding", since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is excluding, spelled E-X-C-L-U-D-I-N-G.
Definition
- 1to the exclusion of; not including
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how excluding appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Our lucky free draw winner will be treated to dinner, bed and breakfast, but the holiday must be taken before December, 1991 (subject to availability and excluding bank holidays).
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- ecxluding
- exccluding
- exclduing
- exclluding
- excludding
- excludign
- excludingg
- excludinng
- excludnig
- excluidng
- exculding
- exlcuding
- exxcluding
- xecluding
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of excluding - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "excluding", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (14 here; floor ≥5).