Which to use
“grillées” is an adjective and “griller” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,529
- “grillées” frequency rank
- #13,605
- “griller” frequency rank
- 49134
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grillées | griller |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de grillé. | Supplicier par le feu. |
Same sound, different letters: grillées vs griller
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 6 letters. grillées runs 8 letters (CCVCCVVC) against griller's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Same sound, different spelling - grillées / griller
Say them out loud and nothing separates them: grillées 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49134, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
grillées is recorded at frequency rank #35,529, 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 49134, this pair ranks #173,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of grillées vs griller
Shared letters: egilr. Private to "grillées": sé. Private to "griller": -.
"grillées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "griller" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- griller ← ggriller · girller · grilelr · griler · grillerr · grillre · grliler · grriller
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "grillées" and "griller" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "grillées" vs "griller" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've separated the homophone pair "grillées" / "griller". Follow the links when you need the full entry or a neighbour that trips the same ear.
- Full dictionary entry for "grillées" 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 #173,194 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grillées" and "griller" 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 #173,194 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.