industrialvswindowsTell them apart

Quick tell: industrial is a adjective, windows is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“industrial” is an adjective and “windows” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,738
“industrial” frequency rank
#2,937
“windows” frequency rank
19675
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature industrial windows
Definition industriell Plural des Substantivs window

Letter map: industrial vs windows

Shared letters muted; letters that set industrial and windows apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

10 ch
industrial
7 ch
windows

Grammar separator: industrial vs windows

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: industrial is anadjective and windowsanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19675, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

industrial is recorded at frequency rank #16,738, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. windows is at rank #2,937, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

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 19675, this pair ranks #1,905,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of industrial vs windows

Shared letters: dins. Private to "industrial": alrtu. Private to "windows": ow.

"industrial" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVC  ·  "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • industrialidnustrial · inddustrial · indsutrial · indusrtial · indusstrial · industiral · industrail · industriall
  • windowsiwndows · widnows · winddows · windosw · windowss · windowws · windwos · winndows

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "industrial" and "windows" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "industrial" is an adjective and "windows" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "industrial" or "windows" show up more?
"windows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,937 in our German list, against #16,738 for "industrial". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "industrial" vs "windows" 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 "windows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,905,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "industrial" and "windows" 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 #1,905,822 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