bock
/bɔk/noun, interjection, verb
bock is spelled B-O-C-K: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, bock means “A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of bock is bocks.
How many letters and syllables are in bock?
| Letters | 4: B-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 36,998th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is bock?
Bock appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 36,998th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce bock?
- UK /bɒk/
- US /bɔk/
- US /bɑk/
Bock has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-bock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with bock
Sounds like: balk, bok (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Also written: bok.
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with bock?
7 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as bock from its last stressed vowel (/ɔk/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of bock
- bocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- bocking participle, present
- bocked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does bock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A strong dark beer brewed in the fall and aged through the winter for spring consumption.
verb
- 1
Irelandto hinder, stop
Bock that.
- 2
Alternative form of bok (“make the sound of a chicken”).
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of bok (“sound of a chicken”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does bock come from?
From German Bockbier.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).