grilling

/ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ/

//ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ// verb

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"grilling" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grilling” has 11 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,176. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,176
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
11
tracked misspellings
8
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - present participle and gerund of grill

Corpus desk

Index EN-grilling · grilling · English

grilling · rank #24,176 · 11 variants · 8 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,176
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 8 pairs
  • VAR-MID 11 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH grating

Nearest frequency peer: grating (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “grilling”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “grilling” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grilling vs grinding
75% similar
grilling vs gripping
75% similar
grilling vs grinning
75% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grilling
PropertyValue
Headwordgrilling
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ/
Letters8
Frequency rank#24,176
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs8
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grilling”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).grillinglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “grating” (#24,175), “gripped” (#24,177), “Grady” (#24,174). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grilling” is #24,176. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 11 spelling variants around grilling (IPA /ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ/), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,176 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "present participle and gerund of grill".

Our generated misspelling index lists 11 likely wrong-spelling variants for grilling, with forms such as "ggrilling", "girlling", and "grililng". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 8 confusable-pair relationships, "grinding", "gripping", "grinning", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is grilling, spelled G-R-I-L-L-I-N-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of grill

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrilling
  • girlling
  • grililng
  • griling
  • grillign
  • grillingg
  • grillinng
  • grillnig
  • grliling
  • grrilling
  • rgilling

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grilling - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggrilling1girlling2grililng2griling1grillign2grillingg1grillinng1grillnig2
Edit distance from "grilling"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grilling"?
"grilling" is spelled G-R-I-L-L-I-N-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ/.
What does "grilling" mean?
As a verb, "grilling" means: present participle and gerund of grill
What words are commonly confused with "grilling"?
"grilling" is commonly confused with "grinding", "gripping", "grinning". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grilling"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grilling" is /ˈɡɹɪlɪŋ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grilling" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grilling", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

habitual#24,181Ghanaian#24,167gauntlet#24,163fondness#24,160

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (11 here; floor ≥5).

grating11 variantsfurnish11 variantshurling11 variantsdwarves11 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list