grillo

/[…]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#48,193

in German word usage

Misspellings

7

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

grillo is aGermannoun. It means: die Grille Pronounced […]. Often confused with Groll and of.

Key facts for grillo
PropertyValue
Headwordgrillo
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#48,193
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

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

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for grillo is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #48,193 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "die Grille".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 7 documented wrong-spelling variants for grillo, with forms such as "ggrillo", "girllo", and "grilo". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Groll", "of", "ii", 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 grillo, spelled G-R-I-L-L-O, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    die Grille

This word in other languages

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrillo,girllo,grilo,grilol,grlilo,grrillo,rgillo

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grillo

Misspelling Variants of "grillo"

ggrillo7girllo6grilo5grilol6grlilo6grrillo7rgillo6
Misspelling Variants of "grillo"

Frequency rank: #48,193 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grillo"?
"grillo" is spelled G-R-I-L-L-O. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "grillo" mean?
As a noun, "grillo" means: die Grille
What words are commonly confused with "grillo"?
"grillo" is commonly confused with "Groll", "of", "ii". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grillo"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grillo" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grillo" come from?
"grillo" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby German words

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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.