grilla

/[ˈgɾiʝa]/ noun

Letters

6 characters

Frequency Rank

#37,116

in Spanish word usage

Misspellings

6

tracked variants

Confusables

10

similar word pairs

grilla is aSpanishnoun. It means: Hembra del grillo₁ que, al contrario del macho, no produce ningún sonido. Pronounced [ˈgɾiʝa]. Often confused with grita and grillo.

Key facts for grilla
PropertyValue
Headwordgrilla
LanguageSpanish
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˈgɾiʝa]
Letters6
Frequency rank#37,116
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of grilla in Spanish word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The Spanish entry for grilla is 6 letters long, classified as anoun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ˈgɾiʝa]. Corpus data places it at rank #37,116 in overall Spanish word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.Wiktionary records 2 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 6 documented wrong-spelling variants for grilla, with forms such as "ggrilla", "girlla", and "grilal". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 10 confusable-pair relationships, "grita", "grillo", "gringa", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct Spanish form is grilla, spelled G-R-I-L-L-A, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Hembra del grillo₁ que, al contrario del macho, no produce ningún sonido.
  2. 2
    La acción y el efecto de tener discusiones o negociaciones privadas para lograr el beneficio personal o de un grupo pequeño.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ggrilla,girlla,grilal,grlila,grrilla,rgilla

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for grilla

Misspelling Variants of "grilla"

ggrilla7girlla6grilal6grlila6grrilla7rgilla6
Misspelling Variants of "grilla"

Frequency rank: #37,116 in Spanish

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grilla"?
"grilla" is spelled G-R-I-L-L-A. The IPA pronunciation is [ˈgɾiʝa].
What does "grilla" mean?
As a noun, "grilla" means: Hembra del grillo₁ que, al contrario del macho, no produce ningún sonido.
What words are commonly confused with "grilla"?
"grilla" is commonly confused with "grita", "grillo", "gringa". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grilla"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grilla" is [ˈgɾiʝa]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grilla" come from?
"grilla" is a Spanish word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Nearby Spanish words

Other entries that begin with the letter G in our Spanish index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.