Which to use
“Grille” and “guilde” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,250
- “Grille” frequency rank
- #12,791
- “guilde” frequency rank
- 18041
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Grille | guilde |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Cri-cri, grillon. | Au Moyen Âge en Europe, corporation de personnes, en général des artisans, des marchands ou des artistes, partageant et promouvant des intérêts communs. |
Where the eye mixes Grille and guilde
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses Grille with guilde
A purely visual mix-up. Grille (\ˈɡrɪlə\) and guilde (\ɡild\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18041, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Grille is recorded at frequency rank #5,250, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈɡrɪlə\. guilde is at rank #12,791, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡild\.
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 18041, this pair ranks #380,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Grille vs guilde
Shared letters: egil. Private to "Grille": r. Private to "guilde": du.
"Grille" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "guilde" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Grille" and "guilde" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "Grille" vs "guilde" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "Grille" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "guilde" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,276 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Grille" and "guilde" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gorilla vs Grille". 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 #380,276 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.