Industrie

[ɪndʊsˈtʁiː]

/[ɪndʊsˈtʁiː]/ noun

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The verdict

“Industrie” has 13 generated spelling variants in the German index at frequency #1,599. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,599
frequency rank, German
1,488
“I” headwords
13
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Gesamtheit aller Betriebe und Firmen im Bereich der maschinellen und automatisierten Warenproduktion

Corpus desk

Index DE-industrie · Industrie · German

Industrie · rank #1,599 · 13 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,599
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-HIGH 13 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,488
  • PHOTO-FINISH Heimat

Nearest frequency peer: Heimat (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rang-Peers am Tippfehler-Magneten „Industrie“

Gleiche Seltenheitsbandbreite: nützlich, wenn ein Tippfehler auf ein Peer-Lemma trifft

corpus weight

What this shows „Industrie“ sitzt unter diesen FrequencyWords-Peers; die Tippfehlertiefe steht separat im Edit-Distance-Chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

Industrie vs industry
67% similar
Industrie vs industries
80% similar
Industrie vs Industrien
90% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for Industrie
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndustrie
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪndʊsˈtʁiː]
Letters9
Frequency rank#1,599
Misspellings tracked13
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Häufigkeitslage von Tippfehler-Magnet „Industrie“

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.Industrieliegt hier neben dem Tippfehler-Druck:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Peers derselben Seltenheitsbandbreite: „Heimat“ (#1,598), „innen“ (#1,600), „Gäste“ (#1,597). Unter 1,488 „I“-Lemmata liegt „Industrie“ bei #1,599. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 13 spelling variants around Industrie (IPA [ɪndʊsˈtʁiː]), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,599 among 1,488 “I” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Gesamtheit aller Betriebe und Firmen im Bereich der maschinellen und automatisierten Warenproduktion".

Our generated misspelling index lists 13 likely wrong-spelling variants for Industrie, with forms such as "idnustrie", "inddustrie", and "indsutrie". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "industry", "industries", "Industrien", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is Industrie, spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Gesamtheit aller Betriebe und Firmen im Bereich der maschinellen und automatisierten Warenproduktion

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how Industrie appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Die Industrie Deutschlands ist führend auf dem Gebiet des Fahrzeugbaus.
  2. „Ein nahezu flächendeckender Zusammenbruch der Industrie, massenhafte Arbeitslosigkeit und beständige Abwanderung erschütterten in den neunziger Jahren die ostdeutschen Bundesländer.“

Antonyms

GewerbeHandwerk

This word in other languages

industry(English)industria(Español)industrie(Français)indústria(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • idnustrie
  • inddustrie
  • indsutrie
  • indusrtie
  • indusstrie
  • industire
  • industrei
  • industrrie
  • industtrie
  • indutsrie
  • inndustrie
  • inudstrie
  • nidustrie

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Industrie - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

idnustrie2inddustrie1indsutrie2indusrtie2indusstrie1industire2industrei2industrrie1
Edit distance from "Industrie"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Industrie"?
"Industrie" is spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪndʊsˈtʁiː].
What does "Industrie" mean?
As a noun, "Industrie" means: Gesamtheit aller Betriebe und Firmen im Bereich der maschinellen und automatisierten Warenproduktion
What words are commonly confused with "Industrie"?
"Industrie" is commonly confused with "industry", "industries", "Industrien". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "Industrie"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Industrie" is [ɪndʊsˈtʁiː]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Industrie" come from?
"Industrie" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Industrie", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bekannten#1,584behandelt#1,582Fernsehen#1,630Professor#1,566

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (13 here; floor ≥5).

Schwarze13 variantsAnspruch13 variantsschützen13 variantsversteht13 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list