industrieux
\ɛ̃.dys.tʁi.jø\
The verdict
“industrieux” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 11
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Qui montre de l’industrie, de l’adresse, des ressources de l’esprit.
Corpus desk
Index FR-industrieux · industrieux · French
industrieux · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 11 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "I" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | industrieux |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɛ̃.dys.tʁi.jø\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
industrieux is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɛ̃.dys.tʁi.jø\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Qui montre de l’industrie, de l’adresse, des ressources de l’esprit.".
industrieux doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is industrieux, spelled I-N-D-U-S-T-R-I-E-U-X.
Definition
- 1Qui montre de l’industrie, de l’adresse, des ressources de l’esprit.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how industrieux appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Le jardinier industrieux, en écartant cette foule importune, mettra, par quelques secrets utiles, la Rose qu'il chérit à l'abri de ces ouvriers habiles et délicats qui semblent la préférer à toutes les autres fleurs ; il fera fuir les papillons volages, l’émeraudine verdâtre et le richard rubis ; […].
Vous avez le droit d’employer votre intelligence à l’augmentation de votre patrimoine, le droit d’être économes, industrieux, de placer des capitaux, enfin la possibilité de faire fortune sans déroger.
This word in other languages
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