grilled
/ɡɹɪld/adjective, verb
grilled is spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-D: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, grilled means “Cooked on a grill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in grilled?
| Letters | 7: G-R-I-L-L-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 5.1 times per million words; the 11,015th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is grilled?
Grilled appears 5.1 times per million words in written English, the 11,015th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grilled?
- /ɡɹɪld/
Grilled has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grilled.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of grilled
- more grilled comparative
- most grilled superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grilled mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Cooked on a grill.
- 2
As if cooked on a grill.
After a day in the sun, he was more grilled than his hamburger.
- 3
Fitted with a grille.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of grill
The meat was grilled as this was considered the healthier option.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grilled in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does grilled come from?
From grill + -ed.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).