grog
/ɡɹɑɡ/noun, verb
grog is spelled G-R-O-G: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Grog, the name). As a noun, grog means “An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grog is grogs.
How many letters and syllables are in grog?
| Letters | 4: G-R-O-G |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 2 million words; the 44,209th 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 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 grog?
Grog appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 44,209th most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Grog, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce grog?
- UK /ɡɹɒɡ/
- US /ɡɹɑɡ/
- Australia /ɡɹɔɡ/
Grog 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-AU_ck1_grog.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grog?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grog from its last stressed vowel (/ɑɡ/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: gorg.
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 grog
- grogs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- grogging participle, present
- grogged participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grog mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
An alcoholic beverage made with rum and water, especially that once issued to sailors of the Royal Navy.
- 2
An alcoholic beverage made with hot water or tea, sugar and rum, sometimes also with lemon or lime juice and spices, particularly cinnamon.
- 3
AustraliaAny alcoholic beverage.
- 4
AustraliaA glass or serving of an alcoholic beverage.
- 5
A type of pre-fired clay that has been ground and screened to a specific particle size.
verb
- 1
To grind and screen (clay) to a specific particle size.
- 2
slangTo drink alcohol.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Grog in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
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 grog come from?
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".
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).