Which to use
“gril” and “grill” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,326
- “gril” frequency rank
- #24,616
- “grill” frequency rank
- 63942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gril | grill |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Ustensile de cuisine qui est fait de plusieurs lames de fer parallèles, fixées à quelque distance l’une de l’autre, et sur lequel on fait rôtir de la viande ou du poisson. Toute surface pour la cuisson vive des aliments sans corps gras. | Restaurant où l’on sert des grillades. |
Same sound, different letters: gril vs grill
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 4 letters. gril runs 4 letters (CCVC) against grill's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - gril / grill
This is the hard kind. gril and grill are pronounced identically (\ɡʁil\) and both work as anoun. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “gril” sits inside “grill”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
gril is recorded at frequency rank #39,326, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁil\. grill is at rank #24,616, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁil\.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 63942, this pair ranks #79,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gril vs grill
Shared letters: gilr. Private to "gril": -. Private to "grill": -.
"gril" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grill" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "gril" and "grill" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "gril" vs "grill" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
"gril" and "grill" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "gril" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grill" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #79,421 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gril" and "grill" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gril vs grow". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #79,421 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.