industrial
in·du·stri·al/ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl/adjective, noun
industrial is spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-A-L, 4 syllables: in·du·stri·al. The wrong spelling people search most is indutrial: about 10 Bing searches a month in the United States (September 2025 to August 2026), about 1 in 370 of all searches for the word. Industrial is an adjective meaning “Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing”.
How many letters and syllables are in industrial?
| Letters | 10: I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-A-L |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 4: in·du·stri·al |
| In writing | 51 times per million words; the 1,993rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | 1; the most searched, indutrial, about 10 Bing searches a month (all of them) |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026).
How do you spell industrial?
Industrial is spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-A-L. One wrong spelling is searched or written often enough to measure; together they are about 1 in 372 of the searches for industrial in either form.
Bing searches in the United States: the average month from September 2025 to August 2026 (Microsoft Advertising keyword data through DataForSEO, read September 30, 2026). Wrong spellings are taken from Wiktionary entries tagged "misspelling" and its obsolete or nonstandard forms, Wikipedia's Lists of common misspellings and the codespell dictionary, then measured. The proofreader's marks show the change that corrects each one.
How common is industrial?
Industrial appears 51 times per million words in written English, the 1,993rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce industrial?
- US /ɪnˈdʌs.tɹi.əl/
- Australia /ɪnˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/
- /ənˈdɐs.tɹi.əl/
Industrial has 4 syllables, split in·du·stri·al in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-industrial.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of industrial
- more industrial comparative
- most industrial superlative
- industrials plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does industrial mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Of or relating to industry, notably manufacturing.
The industrial segment of the economy has seen troubles lately.
- 2
Produced by such industry.
Handicraft is less standardized then industrial products, hence less artistic or rather flawless.
- 3
Used by such industry.
- 4
Suitable for use in such industry; industrial-grade.
This is an industrial product–it's much too strong for home use.
- 5
Massive in scale or quantity.
- 6
Employed as manpower by such industry.
- 7
Having many industries; industrialized.
Italy is a part-industrial, part-rural nation.
- 8
Belonging or pertaining to the genre of industrial music.
a track with clashing industrial beats
noun
- 1
datedobsoleteAn employee in industry.
- 2
An enterprise producing tangible goods or providing certain services to industrial companies.
- 3
A bond or stock issued by such a company.
- 4
A film made for use within an industry, not for a movie-going audience.
- 5
informalEllipsis of industrial music.
I wish they'd play more industrial in this club.
- 6
informalEllipsis of industrial piercing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you abbreviate industrial?
Wiktionary records 3 abbreviations of industrial: Indus., ind., indsl..
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Industrial in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense of or relating to industry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | industriel |
| German | industriell, Industrie- |
| Portuguese | industrial |
| Spanish | industrial, fabril |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does industrial come from?
From French industriel. By surface analysis, industry + -al.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).