Grill
[ɡʁɪl]
The verdict
“Grill” is a regularly-used German word, ranked #8,071 in German word frequency and used as a noun.
- #8,071
- frequency rank, German
- 5
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - mit Holzkohle, Gas oder elektrisch betriebenes Gerät, das zum Garen von Fleisch, Wurst, Fisch, Grillkäse und Gemüse auf einem Rost verwendet wird
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 | Grill |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | [ɡʁɪl] |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #8,071 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “Grill” sits in German frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The German entry for Grill is 5 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɡʁɪl]. Corpus data places it at rank #8,071 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text. Wiktionary records 4 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for Grill, with forms such as "ggrill", "grlil", and "grrill". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "grip", "Grimm", "Groll", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Our source data has no etymology on file 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 German form is Grill, spelled G-R-I-L-L.
Definition
- 1mit Holzkohle, Gas oder elektrisch betriebenes Gerät, das zum Garen von Fleisch, Wurst, Fisch, Grillkäse und Gemüse auf einem Rost verwendet wird
- 2zum Gerät Grill gehörender Rost
- 3Gitter vor dem Kühler eines Kraftfahrzeuges
- 4verzierter Schmuck, der über den Zähnen als eine Art Spange getragen wird
Synonyms
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ggrill,grlil,grrill,rgill
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Grill - 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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “Grill”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct German spelling is G-R-I-L-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as [ɡʁɪl] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “grip” - see the side-by-side comparison. Grill vs grip
- Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German 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.