gril

\ɡʁil\

/\ɡʁil\/ noun

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The verdict

“gril” sits in 20 confusable pairs (corpus #39,326) as a noun. The look-alike neighbours are the real trap.

#39,326
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
4
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ustensile de cuisine qui est fait de plusieurs lames de fer parallèles, fixées à quelque distance l’une de l’autre, et sur lequel on fait rôtir de la viande ou du poisson. Toute surface pour la cui...

Corpus desk

Index FR-gril · gril · French

gril · rank #39,326 · 4 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #39,326
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-LOW 4 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH Gregg

Nearest frequency peer: Gregg (-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.

Voisins de fréquence du confusable « gril »

Pairs de poids proche dans le corpus, séparés des confusables ci-dessous

corpus weight

What this shows Les barres placent « gril » face aux lemmes français les plus proches par rang, pas un reprint du bureau des confusables.

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).

gril vs gui
50% similar
gril vs GTI
0% similar
gril vs gros
50% similar

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

Key facts for gril
PropertyValue
Headwordgril
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁil\
Letters4
Frequency rank#39,326
Misspellings tracked4
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Rang de corpus près des confusables de « gril »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grilse 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 « Gregg » (#39,325), « grossiste » (#39,327), « grammaticales » (#39,324). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « gril » est au #39,326. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Easy to mix with look-alikes

The spelling risk for gril is neighbouring look-alikes ("gui", "GTI", …), not just typos; it is anoun pronounced \ɡʁil\. Frequency #39,326 among 2,617 “G” headwords. 3 recorded senses keep meaning in play.

Our generated misspelling index lists 4 likely wrong-spelling variants for gril, with forms such as "ggril", "grli", and "grril". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "gui", "GTI", "gros", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is gril, spelled G-R-I-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    Ustensile de cuisine qui est fait de plusieurs lames de fer parallèles, fixées à quelque distance l’une de l’autre, et sur lequel on fait rôtir de la viande ou du poisson. Toute surface pour la cuisson vive des aliments sans corps gras.
  2. 2
    Torture.
  3. 3
    Plancher à claire-voie au-dessus de la scène où sont installées les poulies de renvoi des fils des équipes. Le gril est souvent situé sous un faux-gril.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Côtelettes rôties sur le gril.
  2. Mettre du boudin sur le gril.

This word in other languages

grill(English)parrilla(Español)Grill(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggril
  • grli
  • grril
  • rgil

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of gril - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

ggril1grli2grril1rgil2
Edit distance from "gril"

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 "gril"?
"gril" is spelled G-R-I-L. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁil\.
What does "gril" mean?
As a noun, "gril" means: Ustensile de cuisine qui est fait de plusieurs lames de fer parallèles, fixées à quelque distance l’une de l’autre, et sur lequel on fait rôtir de la viande ou du poisson. Toute surface pour la cui...
What words are commonly confused with "gril"?
"gril" is commonly confused with "gui", "GTI", "gros". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "gril"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "gril" is \ɡʁil\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "gril" come from?
"gril" is a French word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
Is PlainSpell free to use?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

hear#39,333ilan#39,343fate#39,294kitt#39,364

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list