grog

/ɡɹɒɡ/

//ɡɹɒɡ// noun

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"grog" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“grog” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #44,236. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#44,236
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords
6
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.

Corpus desk

Index EN-grog · grog · English

grog · rank #44,236 · 6 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #44,236
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-1 1 vowel
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 6 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH greyish

Nearest frequency peer: greyish (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “grog”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “grog” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

grog vs Guo
25% similar
grog vs GRU
0% similar
grog vs grr
50% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for grog
PropertyValue
Headwordgrog
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ɡɹɒɡ/
Letters4
Frequency rank#44,236
Misspellings tracked6
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “grog”

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).groglands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “greyish” (#44,235), “groupie” (#44,237), “greenlight” (#44,233). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “grog” is #44,236. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 6 spelling variants around grog (IPA /ɡɹɒɡ/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #44,236 among 2,313 “G” headwords. Wiktionary lists 5 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for grog, with forms such as "ggrog", "gorg", and "grgo". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "Guo", "GRU", "grr", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

Etymologically, the entry records: An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down. Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc, meaning "yellow" (ultimately from Lat… The correct English form is grog, spelled G-R-O-G.

Definition

  1. 1
    An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
  2. 2
    An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
  3. 3
    Any alcoholic beverage.
  4. 4
    A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
  5. 5
    A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how grog appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. […] giving him a calebash, and the best part of a bottle of my rum, I desired him to run to the creek, and make me some grog, and this he did; but the poor fellow, never having made grog before, poured in all the spirits and but very little water, doubtless thinking, that the stronger it was the better; which beverage I swallowed to the bottom, without ta…
  2. I quite understood their drift, and after a stiff glass of grog, or rather more of the same, and with each a sovereign in hand, they made light of the attack, and swore they would encounter a worse madman any day for the pleasure of meeting so 'bloomin' good a bloke' as your correspondent.

Etymology

An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down. Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc, meaning "yellow" (ultimately from Latin crocum (“saffron”); after the name of the resulting color of the watered down rum sold all over the Mediterranean. The ration of rum tot could also come from Catalan tot meaning "full", "whole".

This word in other languages

grog(Français)Grog(Deutsch)grogue(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • ggrog
  • gorg
  • grgo
  • grogg
  • grrog
  • rgog

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of grog - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

ggrog1gorg2grgo2grogg1grrog1rgog2
Edit distance from "grog"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "grog"?
"grog" is spelled G-R-O-G. The IPA pronunciation is /ɡɹɒɡ/.
What does "grog" mean?
As a noun, "grog" means: An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
What words are commonly confused with "grog"?
"grog" is commonly confused with "Guo", "GRU", "grr". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "grog"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "grog" is /ɡɹɒɡ/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "grog"?
An allusion to Admiral Edward Vernon (nicknamed “Old Grog” after the grogram coat he habitually wore), who in 1740 ordered his sailors' rum to be watered down. Alternatively, from Old Catalan grog or groch, modern groc, meaning "yellow" (ultimatel... See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "grog", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

goad#44,230Geri#44,220Hilo#44,257Hoya#44,262

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).

Heine6 variantsJeanie6 variantsKarp6 variantsKyra6 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list