Which to use
“Industrie” is a noun and “industriell” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,599
- “Industrie” frequency rank
- #27,364
- “industriell” frequency rank
- 28963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Industrie | industriell |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Gesamtheit aller Betriebe und Firmen im Bereich der maschinellen und automatisierten Warenproduktion | die Industrie betreffend, zur Industrie gehörig, in der Art und Weise der Industrie |
Where the eye mixes Industrie and industriell
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 9 letters in sequence. Industrie runs 9 letters (VCCVCCCVV) against industriell's 11 (VCCVCCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: Industrie vs industriell
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Industrie is [ɪndʊsˈtʁiː] while industriell is [ɪndʊstʁiˈɛl]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “Industrie” sits inside “industriell”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Industrie is recorded at frequency rank #1,599, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɪndʊsˈtʁiː]. 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 28963, this pair ranks #1,775,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Industrie vs industriell
Shared letters: deinrstu. Private to "Industrie": -. Private to "industriell": l.
"Industrie" · 9 letters · shape VCCVCCCVV · "industriell" · 11 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Industrie ← idnustrie · inddustrie · indsutrie · indusrtie · indusstrie · industire · industrei · industrrie
- industriell ← idnustriell · inddustriell · indsutriell · indusrtiell · indusstriell · industirell · industreill · industriel
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Industrie" and "industriell" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "Industrie" or "industriell"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "Industrie" and "industriell" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "Industrie" 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 #1,775,440 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Industrie" and "industriell" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "industriell vs Industrien". 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 #1,775,440 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.