frock
/fɹɑk/noun, verb
frock is spelled F-R-O-C-K: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, frock means “A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of frock is frocks.
How many letters and syllables are in frock?
| Letters | 5: F-R-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 1 million words; the 33,636th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| 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 frock?
Frock appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th 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 frock?
- UK /fɹɒk/
- US /fɹɑk/
Frock 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-frock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with frock?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as frock 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 frock
- frocks plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- frocking participle, present
- frocked participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does frock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A dress, a piece of clothing, which consists of a skirt and a cover for the upper body.
- 2
An outer garment worn by priests and other clericals; a habit.
- 3
A sailor's jersey.
- 4
An undress regimental coat.
- 5
A frog.
verb
- 1
To clothe (somebody) in a frock.
- 2
To make (somebody) a cleric.
- 3
USTo grant to an officer the title and uniform of a rank he will soon be promoted to.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Frock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | robe , soutane, froc |
| German | Kleid, Kutte |
| Portuguese | vestido , hábito, túnica |
| Spanish | vestido , ordenar |
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 frock come from?
From Middle English frok, frokke, from Old French froc (“frock, a monk's gown or habit”), perhaps via Medieval Latin hrocus, roccus, rocus (“a coat”), from Frankish *hrokk (“skirt, dress, robe”), from Proto-Germanic *hrukkaz (“robe, jacket, skirt, tunic”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreḱ- (“to weave”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).