# excluding

> English word · Preposition · frequency rank #8,034

## Definitions
1. to the exclusion of; not including

## Easily confused with
- **excusing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excluding-vs-excusing)
- **exploding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/excluding-vs-exploding)
- **exceeding** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/exceeding-vs-excluding)

## Common misspellings (14)
`ecxluding`, `exccluding`, `exclduing`, `exclluding`, `excludding`, `excludign`, `excludingg`, `excludinng`, `excludnig`, `excluidng`, `exculding`, `exlcuding`, `exxcluding`, `xecluding`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/excluding