industriellvsindustriesTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#27,364
“industriell” frequency rank
#22,384
“industries” frequency rank
49748
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature industriell industries
Definition die Industrie betreffend, zur Industrie gehörig, in der Art und Weise der Industrie Plural des Substantivs industry

Letter map: industriell vs industries

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

11 ch
industriell
10 ch
industries

Part-of-speech tell for industriell / industries

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: industriell is anadjective and industriesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49748, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

industriell is recorded at frequency rank #27,364, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪndʊstʁiˈɛl]. industries is at rank #22,384, 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 49748, this pair ranks #1,199,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of industriell vs industries

Shared letters: deinrstu. Private to "industriell": l. Private to "industries": -.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • industriell ← idnustriell · inddustriell · indsutriell · indusrtiell · indusstriell · industirell · industreill · industriel
  • industries ← idnustries · inddustries · indsutries · indusrties · indusstries · industires · industreis · industriess

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "industriell" and "industries" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "industriell" is an adjective and "industries" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "industriell" or "industries"?
"industries" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,384 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.

What to do next

You've compared "industriell" and "industries". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "industriell" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "industries" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,199,822 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "industriell" and "industries" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "industries 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 #1,199,822 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