pain grillé
\pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\
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.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | pain grillé |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | \pɛ̃ ɡʁi.je\ |
| Letters | 11 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « pain grillé » en français
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
- 1Pain coupé en tranches et bruni par exposition à la chaleur.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how pain grillé appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
- CERALIMENT.LU.BRUN à Augy fabrique des biscottes, du pain grillé, des biscuits et réalise de la panification fraîche.
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.