gril
\ɡʁil\
The verdict
“gril” is a moderately-common French word, ranked #39,326 in French word frequency and used as a noun.
- #39,326
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
- 4
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 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...
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gril |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \ɡʁil\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #39,326 |
| Misspellings tracked | 4 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “gril” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for gril is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \ɡʁil\. Corpus data places it at rank #39,326 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 3 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1Ustensile 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.
- 2Torture.
- 3Plancher 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.
This word in other languages
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.
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.
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Using “gril”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is G-R-I-L - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \ɡʁil\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “gui” - see the side-by-side comparison. gril vs gui
- Browse more French words and confusable pairs in the same reference. French words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.