grillage

\ɡʁi.jaʒ\

/\ɡʁi.jaʒ\/ noun

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The verdict

“grillage” has 10 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #23,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#23,569
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
3
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Treillis de fils de fer ou de plastique à mailles plus ou moins grandes.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grillage · grillage · French

grillage · rank #23,569 · 10 variants · 3 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #23,569
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-LOW 3 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH gravir

Nearest frequency peer: gravir (-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 « grillage »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grillage » 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).

grillage vs Grille
63% similar
grillage vs grillée
75% similar
grillage vs grillades
78% similar

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

Key facts for grillage
PropertyValue
Headwordgrillage
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁi.jaʒ\
Letters8
Frequency rank#23,569
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs3
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grillage »

Cette échelle va du noyau du français courant (gauche) jusqu'à la traîne des formes rares (droite).grillagese 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 « gravir » (#23,568), « gémeaux » (#23,570), « gourmande » (#23,567). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grillage » est au #23,569. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around grillage (IPA \ɡʁi.jaʒ\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #23,569 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for grillage, with forms such as "ggrillage", "girllage", and "grilage". 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 3 confusable-pair relationships, "Grille", "grillée", "grillades", a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is grillage, spelled G-R-I-L-L-A-G-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    Treillis de fils de fer ou de plastique à mailles plus ou moins grandes.
  2. 2
    Treillis métallique, à mailles plus ou moins grandes, installé devant une ouverture de bâtiment, d’un meuble et destiné à interdire le passage des personnes et des animaux tout en permettant le passage de l’air et du son.
  3. 3
    Clôture en treillis de fil de fer, plus rarement de plastique.
  4. 4
    Clôture à claire-voie réalisée avec des barres de fer.
  5. 5
    Treillage bouchant un étang pour y retenir le poisson.
  6. 6
    Assemblage de pièces de charpente croisées destinées à soutenir des fondations dans un terrain humide ou meuble.
  7. 7
    Technique de chasse, de braconnage.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Un tamis est constitué d’un cadre et d’un grillage dont la grandeur des mailles détermine la grosseur des éléments qui peuvent ou non le traverser.
  2. En passant devant la mairie, je vis qu’il y avait du monde arrêté près du petit grillage aux affiches.

Synonyms

treillisclôturegrille

This word in other languages

grate(English)alambrera(Español)Gatter(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrillage
  • girllage
  • grilage
  • grilalge
  • grillaeg
  • grillagge
  • grillgae
  • grlilage
  • grrillage
  • rgillage

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grillage - 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.

ggrillage1girllage2grilage1grilalge2grillaeg2grillagge1grillgae2grlilage2
Edit distance from "grillage"

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 "grillage"?
"grillage" is spelled G-R-I-L-L-A-G-E. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁi.jaʒ\.
What does "grillage" mean?
As a noun, "grillage" means: Treillis de fils de fer ou de plastique à mailles plus ou moins grandes.
What words are commonly confused with "grillage"?
"grillage" is commonly confused with "Grille", "grillée", "grillades". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grillage"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grillage" is \ɡʁi.jaʒ\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grillage" come from?
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Similar French words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked French headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Gascogne#23,564installa#23,586expédier#23,546liquider#23,597

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

gémeaux10 variantsHyundai10 variantsirakienne10 variantsentamée10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list