grog
/ɡɹɒɡ/
"grog" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“grog” is a moderately-common English word, ranked #44,236 in English word frequency and used as a noun.
- #44,236
- frequency rank, English
- 4
- letters
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | grog |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ɡɹɒɡ/ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #44,236 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “grog” sits in English frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for grog is 4 letters long, classified as a noun, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ɡɹɒɡ/. Corpus data places it at rank #44,236 in overall English word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
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
- 1An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- 2An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- 3Any alcoholic beverage.
- 4A glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
- 5A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
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
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.
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.
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Using “grog”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is G-R-O-G - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as /ɡɹɒɡ/ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
- Don't mix it up with “Guo” - see the side-by-side comparison. grog vs Guo
- Browse more English words and confusable pairs in the same reference. English words
Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.