# grilled vs growled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### grilled
*verb · IPA /ɡɹɪld/ · frequency rank #11,037*
simple past and past participle of grill

### growled
*verb · IPA /ɡɹaʊld/ · frequency rank #44,821*
simple past and past participle of growl

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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