Grillo
"grillo" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Grillo” is uncommon English (frequency #56,781 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #56,781
- frequency rank, English
- 2,313
- “G” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname.
Corpus desk
Index EN-grillo · Grillo · English
Grillo · rank #56,781 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #56,781
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,313
- PHOTO-FINISH gruel
Nearest frequency peer: gruel (+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.
Long-tail ranks near “Grillo”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- gimmicky
gimmicky
43,226 corpus weight
- gorgeously
gorgeously
43,225 corpus weight
- gossamer
gossamer
43,224 corpus weight
- gramercy
gramercy
43,223 corpus weight
- Grillo
Grillo
43,220 corpus weight
- gruel
gruel
43,219 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Grillo” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Grillo |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #56,781 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Grillo” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Grillo is uncommon English at frequency #56,781 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A surname.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for Grillo, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Italian Grillo, from the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Agriḍḍu, a surname derived from agriḍḍu (“cricket”). Doublet of Agrillo. The correct English form is Grillo, spelled G-R-I-L-L-O.
Definition
- 1A surname.
Etymology
From Italian Grillo, from the Italianization of the Sicilian surname Agriḍḍu, a surname derived from agriḍḍu (“cricket”). Doublet of Agrillo.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).