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frog

UK /fɹɒɡ/noun, verb

frog is spelled F-R-O-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, frog means “Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of frog is frogs.

How many letters and syllables are in frog?

Letters4: F-R-O-G
Syllables1 (from its American pronunciation)
In writing7.8 times per million words; the 8,417th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone 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 frog?

Frog appears 7.8 times per million words in written English, the 8,417th 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 frog?

  • UK /fɹɒɡ/
  • British /fɹɔɡ/
  • /fɹɔɡ/

Frog 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-us-frog.ogg, En-Frog.flac, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

What rhymes with frog?

2 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as frog from its last stressed vowel (/ɒɡ/, British pronunciation):

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 frog

  • frogs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • frogging participle, present
  • frogged participle, past

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does frog mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    Any of a class of small tailless amphibians of the order Anura that typically hop.

  2. 2

    A member of this class that is not a toad.

  3. 3

    The part of a violin bow (or that of other similar string instruments such as the viola, cello and contrabass) located at the end held by the player, to which the horsehair is attached.

  4. 4

    slangSynonym of road; clipping of less common frog and toad.

  5. 5

    The depression in the upper face of a pressed or handmade clay brick.

  6. 6

    An organ on the bottom of a horse’s hoof that assists in the circulation of blood.

  7. 7

    The part of a railway switch or turnout where the running rails cross (from the resemblance to the frog in a horse’s hoof).

  8. 8

    The part of a railroad overhead wire used to redirect a trolley pole from one wire to another at switches.

  9. 9

    derogatoryA French person.

  10. 10

    CanadaoffensiveA French-speaking person from Quebec.

  11. 11

    A leather or fabric loop used to attach a sword or bayonet, or its scabbard, to a waist or shoulder belt.

  12. 12

    An ornate fastener for clothing consisting of an oblong button, toggle, or knot, that fits through a loop.

  13. 13

    A device used to secure stems in a floral arrangement, also called a flower frog or kenzan.

verb

  1. 1

    To hunt or trap frogs.

  2. 2

    To use a pronged plater to transfer (cells) to another plate.

  3. 3

    To spatchcock (a chicken).

  4. 4

    To lie sprawled out like a frog; sploot.

  5. 5

    To ornament or fasten a coat, etc. with frogs.

  6. 6

    To unravel part of (a knitted garment), either to correct a mistake or to reclaim the thread or yarn.

  7. 7

    slangvulgarTo have sex with; fuck.

    If you see a necktie hanging on the door, don't knock. I'll be in there frogging someone.

noun

as Frog
  1. 1

    Alternative letter-case form of frog (“French person”).

noun

as FROG
  1. 1

    Initialism of fig raspberry orange ginger: a jam or other food preparation containing the eponymous ingredients or made with a jam containing the ingredients.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Frog in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchgrenouille (amphibian), hausse (end of a string instrument’s bow), fourchette (organ in a horse’s foot), cœur (part of a railway), brandebourg (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button…)
GermanFrosch (amphibian), Strahl (organ in a horse’s foot), Weichenherz, Herzstück, Kreuzungsherzstück (part of a railway)
Portugueserã (amphibian), alamar (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button…)
Spanishrana (amphibian), nuez (end of a string instrument’s bow), alamar (a fastener for clothing consisting of a button…), franchute, gabacho (derogatory: French person)

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 frog come from?

From Middle English frogge, from Old English frocga, from Proto-West Germanic *froggō (“frog”). Cognate with Old Norse frauki, and Old English frox, frosc, whence Modern English frosh and frosk (“frog”). Possibly related to Saterland Frisian Poage (“frog”), German Low German Pogg, Pogge (“frog”). Sense 5 (organ on a horse's hoof) is a calque of Ancient Greek βάτραχος (bátrakhos).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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