Which to use
“grills” and “grins” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #32,420
- “grills” frequency rank
- #36,164
- “grins” frequency rank
- 68584
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grills | grins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of grill | plural of grin |
Where the eye mixes grills and grins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. grills runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against grins's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: grills vs grins
A purely visual mix-up. grills (/ɡɹɪlz/) and grins (/ɡɹɪnz/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 68584, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grills is recorded at frequency rank #32,420, classified as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɪlz/. grins is at rank #36,164, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɡɹɪnz/.
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 68584, this pair ranks #58,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grills vs grins
Shared letters: girs. Private to "grills": l. Private to "grins": n.
"grills" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "grins" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grills" and "grins" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grills" vs "grins" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grills" and "grins" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grills" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grins" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #58,246 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grills" and "grins" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gringo vs grins". 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 #58,246 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.