gorille

\ɡɔ.ʁij\

/\ɡɔ.ʁij\/ noun

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The verdict

“gorille” has 8 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #24,986. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,986
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
8
tracked misspellings
9
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Grand singe de la famille des hominidés dont la forme se rapproche le plus de celle de l’être humain et qu’on trouve dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique.

Corpus desk

Index FR-gorille · gorille · French

gorille · rank #24,986 · 8 variants · 9 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,986
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 9 pairs
  • VAR-MID 8 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grappes

Nearest frequency peer: grappes (+1 rank slots)

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.

Pairs de rang près de l'aimant d'erreurs « gorille »

Même bande de rareté: utile si une faute tombe sur un lemme voisin

corpus weight

What this shows « gorille » siège parmi ces pairs FrequencyWords; la profondeur des fautes est suivie à part dans le graphique d'édition.

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).

gorille vs grill
71% similar
gorille vs Grille
71% similar
gorille vs griller
71% similar

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

Key facts for gorille
PropertyValue
Headwordgorille
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡɔ.ʁij\
Letters7
Frequency rank#24,986
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs9
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « gorille »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).gorillese place ici:

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

L'échelle est logarithmique (chaque tic ≈ 10× plus rare). Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « grappes » (#24,987), « germe » (#24,984), « Georgia » (#24,983). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gorille » est au #24,986. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 8 spelling variants around gorille (IPA \ɡɔ.ʁij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #24,986 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 3 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for gorille, with forms such as "ggorille", "goirlle", and "gorile". 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 9 confusable-pair relationships, "grill", "Grille", "griller", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct French form is gorille, spelled G-O-R-I-L-L-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Grand singe de la famille des hominidés dont la forme se rapproche le plus de celle de l’être humain et qu’on trouve dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique.
  2. 2
    Homme grand et fort.
  3. 3
    Garde du corps.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how gorille appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Comprendre ce qu’est le gorille, aux yeux de ceux qui ont sur lui le pouvoir de vie ou de mort, c’est-à-dire les hommes, nécessite de comprendre ce qu’il symbolise. Le gorille incarne le concurrent de l’Homme, probablement davantage que le chimpanzé, plus petit, moins « impressionnant » en termes de taille et de puissance – bien qu’un chimpanzé soit trois…
  2. Athlète trapu et ramassé, suant le poil jusque par les oreilles, il tenait un peu du gorille, dont il avait le bras long et velu et la mâchoire à broyer de la fonte.

This word in other languages

gorilla(English)gorila(Español)Gorilla(Deutsch)gorila(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggorille
  • goirlle
  • gorile
  • gorilel
  • gorlile
  • gorrille
  • groille
  • ogrille

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gorille - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

ggorille1goirlle2gorile1gorilel2gorlile2gorrille1groille2ogrille2
Edit distance from "gorille"

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 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "gorille"?
"gorille" is spelled G-O-R-I-L-L-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡɔ.ʁij\.
What does "gorille" mean?
As a noun, "gorille" means: Grand singe de la famille des hominidés dont la forme se rapproche le plus de celle de l’être humain et qu’on trouve dans plusieurs pays d’Afrique.
What words are commonly confused with "gorille"?
"gorille" is commonly confused with "grill", "Grille", "griller". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gorille"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gorille" is \ɡɔ.ʁij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gorille" come from?
"gorille" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

grappes#24,987Georgia#24,983fugitif#24,980hamster#24,994

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).

hawks8 variantsescape8 variantseffacée8 variantsdocile8 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list