Which to use
“grillée” is an adjective and “griller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,975
- “grillée” frequency rank
- #13,605
- “griller” frequency rank
- 42580
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grillée | griller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin singulier de grillé. | Supplicier par le feu. |
Same sound, different letters: grillée vs griller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. grillée (CCVCCVV) and griller (CCVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Same sound, different spelling - grillée / griller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: grillée and griller carry the same recorded pronunciation, \ɡʁi.je\. Grammar is what tells them apart: one is anadjective, the other averb, so most sentences will only accept one of them. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grillée is recorded at frequency rank #28,975, classified as anadj, pronounced \ɡʁi.je\. griller is at rank #13,605, tagged as averb, 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 42580, this pair ranks #224,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grillée vs griller
Shared letters: egilr. Private to "grillée": é. Private to "griller": -.
"grillée" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVV · "griller" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- griller ← ggriller · girller · grilelr · griler · grillerr · grillre · grliler · grriller
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
Sound matches; spelling doesn't. Use the exits below to lock the right form or check a cousin pair.
- Full dictionary entry for "grillée" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "griller" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #224,535 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grillée" and "griller" 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 #224,535 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.