Which to use
“gril” and “Grille” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,326
- “gril” frequency rank
- #5,250
- “Grille” frequency rank
- 44576
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gril | Grille |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Cri-cri, grillon. |
Where the eye mixes gril and Grille
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. gril runs 4 letters (CCVC) against Grille's 6 (CCVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: gril vs Grille
A purely visual mix-up. gril (\ɡʁil\) and Grille (\ˈɡrɪlə\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “gril” sits inside “Grille”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 44576, 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\. Grille is at rank #5,250, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡrɪlə\.
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 44576, this pair ranks #209,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gril vs Grille
Shared letters: gilr. Private to "gril": -. Private to "Grille": e.
"gril" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "Grille" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gril" and "Grille" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "gril" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Grille" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #209,423 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gril" and "Grille" 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 #209,423 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.