pain grillé

\pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\

/\pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\/ noun

The verdict

“pain grillé” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency French
11
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Pain coupé en tranches et bruni par exposition à la chaleur.

Corpus desk

Index FR-pain-grille · pain grillé · French

pain grillé · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "P" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

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.

Key facts for pain grillé
PropertyValue
Headwordpain grillé
LanguageFrench
Part of speechNoun
IPA\pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\
Letters11
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Longue queue: rang de « pain grillé » en français

pain grilléreste hors des 100.000 mots français les plus fréquents, dans la longue queue du vocabulaire technique, archaïque ou rare, là où le doute d'orthographe frappe.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

pain grillé is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed \pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Pain coupé en tranches et bruni par exposition à la chaleur.".

No misspelling variants are generated for pain grillé in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is pain grillé, spelled P-A-I-N- -G-R-I-L-L-É.

Definition

  1. 1
    Pain coupé en tranches et bruni par exposition à la chaleur.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. - CERALIMENT.LU.BRUN à Augy fabrique des biscottes, du pain grillé, des biscuits et réalise de la panification fraîche.
  2. Les biscottes et les pains grillés sont réalisés avec des farines spécifiques dont la qualité boulangère […].

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "pain grillé"?
"pain grillé" is spelled P-A-I-N- -G-R-I-L-L-É. The IPA pronunciation is \pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\.
What does "pain grillé" mean?
As a noun, "pain grillé" means: Pain coupé en tranches et bruni par exposition à la chaleur.
How do you pronounce "pain grillé"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "pain grillé" is \pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "pain grillé" come from?
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list