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“grill” and “guild” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #9,049
- “grill” frequency rank
- #7,923
- “guild” frequency rank
- 16972
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grill | guild |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A grating; a grid of wire or a sheet of material with a pattern of holes or slots, usually used to protect something while allowing the passage of air and liquids. Typical uses: to allow air through a fan while preventing fingers or objects from passing; to allow people to talk to somebody, while preventing attack. | A group or association mainly of tradespeople made up of merchants, craftspeople, or artisans, particularly in the Middle Ages, established to oversee and protect their specific commercial interests and to provide mutual aid. |
Where the eye mixes grill and guild
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: grill vs guild
A purely visual mix-up. grill (/ɡɹɪl/) and guild (/ɡɪld/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16972, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grill is recorded at frequency rank #9,049, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɪl/. guild is at rank #7,923, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɪld/.
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 16972, this pair ranks #454,417 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
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
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grill" and "guild" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "grill" vs "guild" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grill" and "guild" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- 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 #454,417 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grill" and "guild" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grill vs grimly". 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 #454,417 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.