Industriespionage

[ɪndʊsˈtʁiːʃpioˌnaːʒə]

/[ɪndʊsˈtʁiːʃpioˌnaːʒə]/ noun

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The verdict

“Industriespionage” is uncommon German (frequency #75,800 among 17,725 “I” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#75,800
frequency rank, German
17,725
“I” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - gezieltes Ausspionieren von Informationen, die von wirtschaftlichem Interesse für eine bestimmte Nation oder Interessensgruppe sind

Key facts for Industriespionage
PropertyValue
HeadwordIndustriespionage
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ɪndʊsˈtʁiːʃpioˌnaːʒə]
Letters17
Frequency rank#75,800
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Industriespionage” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Industriespionage lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Industriespionage is uncommon German at frequency #75,800 among 17,725 “I” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ɪndʊsˈtʁiːʃpioˌnaːʒə]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "gezieltes Ausspionieren von Informationen, die von wirtschaftlichem Interesse für eine bestimmte Nation oder Interessensgruppe sind".

No generated misspelling entries exist for Industriespionage in our index, since its letter pattern doesn't lend itself to common typo substitutions. Our dataset records no confusable match here, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct German form is Industriespionage, spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E-S-P-I-O-N-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    gezieltes Ausspionieren von Informationen, die von wirtschaftlichem Interesse für eine bestimmte Nation oder Interessensgruppe sind

Synonyms

Wirtschaftsspionage

This word in other languages

industrial espionage(English)espionnage industriel(Français)

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 "Industriespionage"?
"Industriespionage" is spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E-S-P-I-O-N-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪndʊsˈtʁiːʃpioˌnaːʒə].
What does "Industriespionage" mean?
As a noun, "Industriespionage" means: gezieltes Ausspionieren von Informationen, die von wirtschaftlichem Interesse für eine bestimmte Nation oder Interessensgruppe sind
How do you pronounce "Industriespionage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Industriespionage" is [ɪndʊsˈtʁiːʃpioˌnaːʒə]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Industriespionage" come from?
"Industriespionage" is a German word. You can look up definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for this and other words across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German on PlainSpell.
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Using “Industriespionage”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E-S-P-I-O-N-A-G-E - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as [ɪndʊsˈtʁiːʃpioˌnaːʒə] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list FrequencyWords open word-frequency list