rob
/ɹɑb/verb, noun
rob is spelled R-O-B: 3 letters and one syllable. It appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, rob means “To steal from, especially using force or violence” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in rob?
| Letters | 3: R-O-B |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 22 times per million words; the 3,939th 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 rob?
Rob appears 22 times per million words in written English, the 3,939th 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 rob?
- UK /ɹɒb/
- British /ɹɔb/
- US /ɹɑb/
Rob 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: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Typheuss-Rob.wav, En-us-rob.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with rob?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as rob from its last stressed vowel (/ɑb/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: bro, orb, bor.
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 rob
- robs present, singular, he/she/it
- robbing participle, present
- robbed participle, past
- rhob
- rohob
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does rob mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To steal from, especially using force or violence.
He robbed three banks before he was caught.
- 2
To deprive of, or withhold from, unjustly or injuriously; to defraud.
The best way to rob a bank is to own one.
- 3
To deprive (of).
Working all day robs me of any energy to go out in the evening.
- 4
slangTo burgle.
- 5
UKslangTo steal.
That bloke robbed my phone!
- 6
To commit robbery.
- 7
To take possession of the ball, puck etc. from.
noun
- 1
A syrup made of evaporating fruit juice over a fire, usually mixed with sugar or honey, and especially used for medicinal purposes.
Also began to make wort from the malt and give it to such people as had symptoms of the scurvy; one of them indeed is highly scorbutick altho he has been taking of the rob for some time past without finding himself benefited therefrom […] .
noun
- 1
Region of background (in digital images).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Rob 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 rob come from?
From Middle English robben, from Anglo-Norman robber, from Late Latin raubāre, from Frankish *raubōn (compare Dutch roven) and Old High German roubōn, raubōn (“to rob, steal, plunder”), from Proto-Germanic *raubōną. Doublet of reave.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).