grob
/ɡɹɔb/verb, noun
grob is spelled G-R-O-B: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, grob means “Dialectal form of grub” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in grob?
| Letters | 4: G-R-O-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 |
| In writing | about once in every 14 million words; the 114,361st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; 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 grob?
Grob appears about once in every 14 million words in written English, the 114,361st 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 grob?
- /ɡɹɒb/
- UK /ɡɹɒb/
- US /ɡɹɔb/
Grob has one syllable.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-grob.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grob?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grob from its last stressed vowel (/ɔb/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: borg, brog.
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 grob
- grobs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- grobbing participle, present
- grobbed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grob mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
Dialectal form of grub.
noun
- 1
Clipping of grid object.
- 2
Clipping of graphical object.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grob come from?
Inherited from Middle English grobben, variant of grubben. More at grub.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).