Which to use
“gril” and “grise” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #39,326
- “gril” frequency rank
- #7,446
- “grise” frequency rank
- 46772
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | gril | grise |
|---|---|---|
| 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. | Synonyme de plie cynoglosse. |
Where the eye mixes gril and grise
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence. gril runs 4 letters (CCVC) against grise's 5 (CCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses gril with grise
A purely visual mix-up. gril (\ɡʁil\) and grise (\ɡʁiz\) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46772, 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\. grise is at rank #7,446, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁiz\.
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 46772, this pair ranks #192,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of gril vs grise
Shared letters: gir. Private to "gril": l. Private to "grise": es.
"gril" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "grise" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "gril" for "grise" ever safe?
Which is more common, "gril" or "grise"?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "gril" and "grise" 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 "grise" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #192,207 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "gril" and "grise" 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 #192,207 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.