# frock

> English word · Noun · IPA /fɹɒk/ · frequency rank #33,656

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
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”).
Cognate with Old High German hroch, roch (“skirt, dress, cowl”) – whence German Rock (“skirt, coat”) –, Saterland Frisian Rok (“skirt”), Dutch rok (“skirt, petticoat”), Old English rocc (“an overgarment, tunic, rochet”), Old Norse rokkr (“skirt, jacket”), whence Danish rok (“garment”).

## Easily confused with
- **from** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-from)
- **fuck** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-fuck)
- **frog** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-frog)
- **front** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-front)
- **frost** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-frost)
- **froze** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-froze)
- **frown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-frown)
- **froth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-froth)
- **Fromm** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-fromm)
- **Frome** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frock-vs-frome)
- **fro** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fro-vs-frock)
- **folk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/folk-vs-frock)
- **fork** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/fork-vs-frock)
- **frank** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frank-vs-frock)
- **freak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/freak-vs-frock)
- **flock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flock-vs-frock)
- **flick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flick-vs-frock)
- **frick** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frick-vs-frock)
- **flack** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/flack-vs-frock)
- **frisk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/frisk-vs-frock)

## Common misspellings (8)
`ffrock`, `forck`, `frcok`, `frocck`, `frockk`, `frokc`, `frrock`, `rfock`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/frock