grillen

/[ˈɡʁɪlən]/ verb

Letters

7 characters

Frequency Rank

#9,211

in German word usage

Misspellings

9

tracked variants

Confusables

9

similar word pairs

grillen is aGermanverb. It means: (im Freien zumeist in geselliger Runde) etwas bei offener Hitze auf dem Rost garen Pronounced [ˈɡʁɪlən]. It ranks #9,211 in German word frequency. Often confused with grillo and grinsen.

Key facts for grillen
PropertyValue
Headwordgrillen
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ˈɡʁɪlən]
Letters7
Frequency rank#9,211
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grillen in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for grillen is 7 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈɡʁɪlən]. Corpus data places it at rank #9,211 in overall German word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 9 documented wrong-spelling variants for grillen, with forms such as "ggrillen", "girllen", and "grileln". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 9 confusable-pair relationships, "grillo", "grinsen", "Grill", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is grillen, spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    (im Freien zumeist in geselliger Runde) etwas bei offener Hitze auf dem Rost garen
  2. 2
    (sich) von der Sonne (ausgiebig, übermäßig) bescheinen lassen; (sich, die Haut oder dergleichen) von der Sonne so stark bräunen, dass eine Hautrötung oder -entzündung hervorgerufen wird
  3. 3
    jemanden mit (vielen) Fragen hart bedrängen, zusetzen; jemanden einem langen und andauernden Verhör, Kreuzverhör unterziehen; aufdringlich ausfragen

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Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrillen,girllen,grileln,grilen,grillenn,grillne,grlilen,grrillen,rgillen

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grillen

Misspelling Variants of "grillen"

ggrillen8girllen7grileln7grilen6grillenn8grillne7grlilen7grrillen8
Misspelling Variants of "grillen"

Frequency rank: #9,211 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grillen"?
"grillen" is spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈɡʁɪlən].
What does "grillen" mean?
As a verb, "grillen" means: (im Freien zumeist in geselliger Runde) etwas bei offener Hitze auf dem Rost garen
What words are commonly confused with "grillen"?
"grillen" is commonly confused with "grillo", "grinsen", "Grill". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grillen"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grillen" is [ˈɡʁɪlən]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grillen" come from?
"grillen" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.