Which to use
“gril” and “grip” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,326
- “gril” frequency rank
- #46,198
- “grip” frequency rank
- 85524
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gril | grip |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Mâchoires métalliques destinées à saisir les câbles de traction des funiculaires et tramways guidés par câble. |
Where the eye mixes gril and grip
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between gril and grip
A purely visual mix-up. gril (\ɡʁil\) and grip (\ɡʁip\) 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 a single letter - l in “gril” becomes p in “grip”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85524, 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\. grip is at rank #46,198, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁip\.
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 85524, this pair ranks #11,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of gril vs grip
Shared letters: gir. Private to "gril": l. Private to "grip": p.
"gril" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grip" · 4 letters · shape CCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "gril" and "grip" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "gril" or "grip"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "gril" and "grip" 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 "grip" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,227 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gril" and "grip" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grip 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 #11,227 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.