industrialvsindustriellWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“industrial” and “industriell” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#16,738
“industrial” frequency rank
#27,364
“industriell” frequency rank
44102
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature industrial industriell
Definition industriell die Industrie betreffend, zur Industrie gehörig, in der Art und Weise der Industrie

Letter map: industrial vs industriell

Shared letters muted; letters that set industrial and industriell apart highlighted. Shared run: 9. industrial runs 10 letters (VCCVCCCVVC) against industriell's 11 (VCCVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

10 ch
industrial
11 ch
industriell

Spelling & dictionary notes on industrial vs industriell

industrial and industriell are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44102, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

industrial is recorded at frequency rank #16,738, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. industriell is at rank #27,364, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪndʊstʁiˈɛl].

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 44102, this pair ranks #1,396,977 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of industrial vs industriell

Shared letters: dilnrstu. Private to "industrial": a. Private to "industriell": e.

"industrial" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVC  ·  "industriell" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • industrial ← idnustrial · inddustrial · indsutrial · indusrtial · indusstrial · industiral · industrail · industriall
  • industriell ← idnustriell · inddustriell · indsutriell · indusrtiell · indusstriell · industirell · industreill · industriel

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "industrial" for "industriell" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "industrial" vs "industriell" - which ranks higher?
"industrial" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,738 in our German list, against #27,364 for "industriell". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "industrial" vs "industriell" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "industrial" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "industriell" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,396,977 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "industrial" and "industriell" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "industrial 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 #1,396,977 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