grillent

\ɡʁij\

/\ɡʁij\/ verb

The verdict

“grillent” is uncommon French (frequency #84,851 among 2,617 “G” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#84,851
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de griller.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grillent · grillent · French

grillent · rank #84,851 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #84,851
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH grillagée

Nearest frequency peer: grillagée (-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.

Rangs de longue queue près de « grillent »

Bande clairsemée: les barres inversent le rang pour que le rare se lise plus court

corpus weight

What this shows Vue de longue queue: où « grillent » se situe face à des rangs français aussi rares.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for grillent
PropertyValue
Headwordgrillent
LanguageFrench
Part of speechVerb
IPA\ɡʁij\
Letters8
Frequency rank#84,851
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « grillent » en français

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grillenttombe dans cette queue de rareté:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Voisins rares de la même bande: « grillagée » (#84,850), « gringe » (#84,852), « greffées » (#84,849). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grillent » est au #84,851. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

grillent is uncommon French at frequency #84,851 among 2,617 “G” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed \ɡʁij\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

grillent has no tracked misspelling variants, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct French form is grillent, spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-N-T.

Definition

  1. 1
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de griller.
  2. 2
    Troisième personne du pluriel du présent du subjonctif de griller.

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 "grillent"?
"grillent" is spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-N-T. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁij\.
What does "grillent" mean?
As a verb, "grillent" means: Troisième personne du pluriel du présent de l’indicatif de griller.
How do you pronounce "grillent"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grillent" is \ɡʁij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grillent" come from?
"grillent" 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 "grillent", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list