Which to use
“grillades” is a noun and “grillées” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,477
- “grillades” frequency rank
- #35,529
- “grillées” frequency rank
- 79006
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grillades | grillées |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Pluriel de grillade. | Féminin pluriel de grillé. |
Where the eye mixes grillades and grillées
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: grillades vs grillées
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grillades is \ɡʁi.jad\ while grillées is \ɡʁi.je\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79006, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grillades is recorded at frequency rank #43,477, classified as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁi.jad\. grillées is at rank #35,529, 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 79006, this pair ranks #24,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grillades vs grillées
Shared letters: egilrs. Private to "grillades": ad. Private to "grillées": é.
"grillades" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCVCVC · "grillées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- grillades ← ggrillades · girllades · grilades · grilaldes · grilladdes · grilladess · grilladse · grillaeds
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grillades" and "grillées" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "grillades" or "grillées" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "grillades" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grillées" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #24,290 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grillades" and "grillées" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grillées vs grillons". 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 #24,290 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.