Which to use
“grill” is a noun and “grillée” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,616
- “grill” frequency rank
- #28,975
- “grillée” frequency rank
- 53591
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grill | grillée |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Restaurant où l’on sert des grillades. | Féminin singulier de grillé. |
Where the eye mixes grill and grillée
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. grill runs 5 letters (CCVCC) against grillée's 7 (CCVCCVV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: grill vs grillée
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grill is \ɡʁil\ while grillée is \ɡʁi.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “grill” sits inside “grillée”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53591, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grill is recorded at frequency rank #24,616, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁil\. grillée is at rank #28,975, tagged as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁi.je\.
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 53591, this pair ranks #139,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grill vs grillée
Shared letters: gilr. Private to "grill": -. Private to "grillée": eé.
"grill" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "grillée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
- grill ← ggrill · grlil · grrill · rgill
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grill" and "grillée" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "grill" vs "grillée" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "grill" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grillée" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #139,672 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grill" and "grillée" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grillée vs grillon". 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 #139,672 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.