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“industrielle” and “industriellen” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #10,115
- “industrielle” frequency rank
- #9,220
- “industriellen” frequency rank
- 19335
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | industrielle | industriellen |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs industriell | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs industriell |
Where the eye mixes industrielle and industriellen
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 12 letters in sequence. industrielle runs 12 letters (VCCVCCCVVCCV) against industriellen's 13 (VCCVCCCVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: industrielle vs industriellen
A purely visual mix-up. industrielle ([ɪndʊstʁiˈɛlə]) and industriellen ([ɪndʊstʁiˈɛlən]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “industrielle” sits inside “industriellen”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19335, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
industrielle is recorded at frequency rank #10,115, classified as anadj, pronounced [ɪndʊstʁiˈɛlə]. industriellen is at rank #9,220, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ɪndʊstʁiˈɛlən].
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 19335, this pair ranks #1,909,442 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of industrielle vs industriellen
Shared letters: deilnrstu. Private to "industrielle": -. Private to "industriellen": -.
"industrielle" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVCCV · "industriellen" · 13 letters · shape VCCVCCCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- industrielle ← idnustrielle · inddustrielle · indsutrielle · indusrtielle · indusstrielle · industirelle · industreille · industriele
- industriellen ← idnustriellen · inddustriellen · indsutriellen · indusrtiellen · indusstriellen · industirellen · industreillen · industrieleln
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "industrielle" and "industriellen" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "industrielle" vs "industriellen" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "industrielle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "industriellen" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,909,442 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "industrielle" and "industriellen" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "industrielle vs Industrieller". 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 #1,909,442 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.