Which to use
“incluait” is a verb and “incluant” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,358
- “incluait” frequency rank
- #5,667
- “incluant” frequency rank
- 44025
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incluait | incluant |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Troisième personne du singulier de l’imparfait de inclure. | Catégorie générique d’objets par laquelle est défini le référent (le signifié) d’un mot dans un dictionnaire (complétée par les traits différenciateurs permettant de le distinguer des autres membres de cette catégorie, et donc des autres mots). |
Where the eye mixes incluait and incluant
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. incluait (VCCCVVVC) and incluant (VCCCVVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Why the eye confuses incluait with incluant
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: incluait is \ɛ̃.kly.ɛ\ while incluant is \ɛ̃.kly.ɑ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - i in “incluait” becomes n in “incluant”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44025, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incluait is recorded at frequency rank #38,358, classified as averb, pronounced \ɛ̃.kly.ɛ\. incluant is at rank #5,667, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɛ̃.kly.ɑ̃\.
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 44025, this pair ranks #213,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incluait vs incluant
Shared letters: acilntu. Private to "incluait": -. Private to "incluant": -.
"incluait" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC · "incluant" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "incluait" and "incluant" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "incluait" or "incluant"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "incluait" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "incluant" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #213,625 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incluait" and "incluant" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incluait vs inclusif". 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 #213,625 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.