schlock
/ʃlɑk/noun
schlock is spelled S-C-H-L-O-C-K: 7 letters and one syllable. It appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, schlock means “Any commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of schlock is schlocks.
How many letters and syllables are in schlock?
| Letters | 7: S-C-H-L-O-C-K |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | about once in every 7 million words; the 79,518th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
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 schlock?
Schlock appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 79,518th 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 schlock?
- UK /ʃlɒk/
- US /ʃlɑk/
Schlock 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)-Vealhurl-schlock.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with schlock?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as schlock from its last stressed vowel (/ɑk/):
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 schlock
- schlocks plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does schlock mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UScolloquialAny commodity that is shoddy or inferior; now, usually, writing or audiovisual content that is shoddy or inferior.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Schlock in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense commodity that is shoddy or inferior:
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 schlock come from?
From Yiddish שלאַק (shlak), related to German Schlag (“blow, strike, hit”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).