grot
/ɡɹɑt/noun
grot is spelled G-R-O-T: 4 letters. It appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, grot means “A grotto” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of grot is grots.
How many letters and syllables are in grot?
| Letters | 4: G-R-O-T |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 13 million words; the 107,757th 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 grot?
Grot appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 107,757th 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 grot?
- US /ɡɹɑt/
- UK /ɡɹɒt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-grot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with grot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as grot from its last stressed vowel (/ɑt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: trog.
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 grot
- grots plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does grot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A grotto.
- 2
UKslangAny unpleasant substance or material.
- 3
UKslangA miserable person.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does grot come from?
From grotto, by shortening, or French grotte.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).