grillovsLeagueWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#48,193
“grillo” frequency rank
#1,976
“League” frequency rank
50169
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature grillo League
Definition die Grille historisches, in Nordamerika und England verwendetes Längenmaß

Letter map: grillo vs League

Shared letters muted; letters that set grillo and League apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
grillo
6 ch
League

Spelling & dictionary notes on grillo vs League

grillo and League 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 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50169, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

grillo is recorded at frequency rank #48,193, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. League is at rank #1,976, 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 50169, this pair ranks #1,183,987 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of grillo vs League

Shared letters: gl. Private to "grillo": ior. Private to "League": aeu.

"grillo" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV  ·  "League" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • grilloggrillo · girllo · grilo · grilol · grlilo · grrillo · rgillo
  • Leagueelague · laegue · leageu · leaggue · leauge · legaue · lleague

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "grillo" for "League" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "grillo" vs "League" - which ranks higher?
"League" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,976 in our German list, against #48,193 for "grillo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "grillo" and "League".

  • Full dictionary entry for "grillo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "League" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,183,987 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "grillo" and "League" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grillo 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 #1,183,987 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