GrillvsguildWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“Grill” and “guild” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#8,071
“Grill” frequency rank
#38,788
“guild” frequency rank
46859
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Grill guild
Definition mit Holzkohle, Gas oder elektrisch betriebenes Gerät, das zum Garen von Fleisch, Wurst, Fisch, Grillkäse und Gemüse auf einem Rost verwendet wird eine Gruppe von Personen, die die gleichen Interessen verfolgen; Gilde, Zunft

Letter map: Grill vs guild

Shared letters muted; letters that set Grill and guild apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch
Grill
5 ch
guild

Spelling & dictionary notes on Grill vs guild

Grill and guild are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46859, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Grill is recorded at frequency rank #8,071, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡʁɪl]. guild is at rank #38,788, tagged as anoun, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 46859, this pair ranks #1,304,479 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Grill vs guild

Shared letters: gil. Private to "Grill": r. Private to "guild": du.

"Grill" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "guild" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Grillggrill · grlil · grrill · rgill
  • guildgguild · giuld · guidl · guildd · guilld · gulid · ugild

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Grill" and "guild" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "Grill" vs "guild" - which ranks higher?
"Grill" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,071 in our German list, against #38,788 for "guild". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Grill" and "guild". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Grill" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "guild" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,304,479 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Grill" and "guild" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "guild vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #1,304,479 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list