crock
/kɹɑk/noun, verb
crock is spelled C-R-O-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, crock means “A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of crock is crocks.
How many letters and syllables are in crock?
| Letters | 5: C-R-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.1 times per million words; the 27,820th 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 crock?
Crock appears 1.1 times per million words in written English, the 27,820th 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 crock?
- UK /kɹɒk/
- US /kɹɑk/
- Australia /kɹɔk/
Crock 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: En-au-crock.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with crock
Sounds like: croc (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with crock?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as crock from its last stressed vowel (/ɑk/):
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 crock
- crocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- crocking participle, present
- crocked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does crock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A stoneware or earthenware jar or storage container.
- 2
A piece of broken pottery, a shard.
- 3
UKslangA person who is physically limited by age, illness or injury.
old crocks’ home
- 4
UKslangAn old or broken-down vehicle (and formerly a horse or ewe).
old crocks race
- 5
CanadaUSslangSilly talk, a foolish belief, a poor excuse, nonsense.
That's a bunch of crock.
- 6
A low stool.
- 7
derogatoryA patient who is difficult to treat, especially one who complains of a minor or imagined illness.
- 8
The loose black particles collected from combustion, as on pots and kettles, or in a chimney; soot; smut.
- 9
Colouring matter that rubs off from cloth.
verb
- 1
To break something or injure someone.
- 2
To transfer coloring through abrasion from one item to another.
thus producing a permanent, definite color thereon which will not fade or crock, and at the same time using up all of the coloring matter.
- 3
To cover the drain holes of a planter with stones or similar material, in order to ensure proper drainage.
- 4
To put or store (something) in a crock or pot.
- 5
To give off crock or smut.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Crock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | cruche |
| Spanish | pote , fragmento , cacharro |
| German | Schrottkiste |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does crock come from?
From Middle English crok, crokke (“earthenware jar, pot, or other container; cauldron; belly, stomach”) [and other forms], from Old English crocc, crocca (“crock, pot, vessel”) [and other forms], from Proto-West Germanic *krokku, *krokkō, from Proto-Germanic *krukkō, *krukkô (“vessel”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *grewg- (“vessel”). The English word is cognate with Danish and Norwegian krukke (“jar”), Dutch kruik (“jar, jug”), regional German Kruke (“crock”), Icelandic krukka (“pot, jar”), Old English crōg, crōh (“crock, pitcher, vessel”). See also cruse.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).