Which to use
“grille” and “grills” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #25,396
- “grille” frequency rank
- #32,420
- “grills” frequency rank
- 57816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grille | grills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative form of grill (only in the senses of "grating over opening", "grating on the front of a vehicle", and "window divider") | plural of grill |
Where the eye mixes grille and grills
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grille (CCVCCV) and grills (CCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Look-alike desk: grille vs grills
A purely visual mix-up. grille (/ɡɹɪl/) and grills (/ɡɹɪlz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - e in “grille” becomes s in “grills”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grille is recorded at frequency rank #25,396, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɪl/. grills is at rank #32,420, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɪlz/.
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 57816, this pair ranks #116,741 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grille vs grills
Shared letters: gilr. Private to "grille": e. Private to "grills": s.
"grille" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "grills" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grille" and "grills" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "grille" or "grills"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "grille" and "grills" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,741 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grille" and "grills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grills 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 #116,741 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.