industries
/ˈɪndəstɹiz/
"industries" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“industries” is a regularly-used English word, ranked #3,501 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #3,501
- frequency rank, English
- 10
- letters
- 15
- tracked misspellings
- 2
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - plural of industry
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | industries |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈɪndəstɹiz/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #3,501 |
| Misspellings tracked | 15 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “industries” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for industries is 10 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈɪndəstɹiz/. Corpus data places it at rank #3,501 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "plural of industry".
Our generated misspelling index lists 15 likely wrong-spelling variants for industries, with forms such as "idnustries", "inddustries", and "indsutries". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "industrious", "industrial", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is industries, spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E-S.
Definition
- 1plural of industry
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: idnustries,inddustries,indsutries,indusrties,indusstries,industires,industreis,industriess,industrise,industrries,industtries,indutsries,inndustries,inudstries,nidustries
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of industries - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “industries”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E-S - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ˈɪndəstɹiz/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “industrious” - see the side-by-side comparison. industries vs industrious
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
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.