grilles

\ɡʁij\

/\ɡʁij\/ noun

The verdict

“grilles” has 9 generated spelling variants in the French index at frequency #13,606. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,606
frequency rank, French
2,617
“G” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
18
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pluriel de grille.

Corpus desk

Index FR-grilles · grilles · French

grilles · rank #13,606 · 9 variants · 18 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,606
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 18 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,617
  • PHOTO-FINISH griller

Nearest frequency peer: griller (-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 « grilles »

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

corpus weight

What this shows « grilles » 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).

grilles vs grises
71% similar
grilles vs grillon
71% similar
grilles vs grillons
75% similar

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

Key facts for grilles
PropertyValue
Headwordgrilles
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\ɡʁij\
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,606
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs18
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Fréquence de l'aimant d'erreurs « grilles »

De gauche à droite: le peu qui porte la parole quotidienne, puis la longue queue quasi invisible.grillesse place ici:

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

Les tics avancent en logarithme; chacun est de l'ordre de dix fois plus rare. Dans la même bande de rareté figurent « griller » (#13,605), « gérée » (#13,607), « GP » (#13,604). Parmi 2,617 lemmes en « G », « grilles » est au #13,606. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around grilles (IPA \ɡʁij\), anoun. Corpus frequency is #13,606 among 2,617 “G” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Pluriel de grille.".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for grilles, with forms such as "ggrilles", "girlles", and "grilels". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 18 confusable-pair relationships, "grises", "grillon", "grillons", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so any spelling logic here comes from how the word's sounds map to letters, not a documented origin story. The correct French form is grilles, spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-S.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pluriel de grille.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

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

  1. Vous seuls, pauvres ilotes de province pour qui les distances sociales sont plus longues à parcourir que pour les Parisiens aux yeux desquels elles se raccourcissent de jour en jour, vous sur qui pèsent si durement les grilles entre lesquelles chacun des différents mondes du monde s’anathématise et se dit Raca, vous seuls comprendrez le bouleversement qui…

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrilles
  • girlles
  • grilels
  • griles
  • grilless
  • grillse
  • grliles
  • grrilles
  • rgilles

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

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

ggrilles1girlles2grilels2griles1grilless1grillse2grliles2grrilles1
Edit distance from "grilles"

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 "grilles"?
"grilles" is spelled G-R-I-L-L-E-S. The IPA pronunciation is \ɡʁij\.
What does "grilles" mean?
As a noun, "grilles" means: Pluriel de grille.
What words are commonly confused with "grilles"?
"grilles" is commonly confused with "grises", "grillon", "grillons". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grilles"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grilles" is \ɡʁij\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "grilles" come from?
"grilles" 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 "grilles", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

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

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list