Which to use
“grillées” is an adjective and “grillons” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,529
- “grillées” frequency rank
- #49,688
- “grillons” frequency rank
- 85217
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | grillées | grillons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Féminin pluriel de grillé. | Pluriel de grillon. |
Where the eye mixes grillées and grillons
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. grillées (CCVCCVVC) and grillons (CCVCCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between grillées and grillons
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: grillées is \ɡʁi.je\ while grillons is \ɡʁi.jɔ̃\. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85217, 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\. grillons is at rank #49,688, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ɡʁi.jɔ̃\.
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 85217, this pair ranks #11,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of grillées vs grillons
Shared letters: gilrs. Private to "grillées": eé. Private to "grillons": no.
"grillées" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVVC · "grillons" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- grillons ← ggrillons · girllons · grillnos · grillonns · grillonss · grillosn · grilolns · grilons
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "grillées" and "grillons" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary French text, does "grillées" or "grillons" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "grillées" and "grillons" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "grillées" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "grillons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #11,708 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "grillées" and "grillons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "grillon 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 #11,708 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.