Scottish

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The verdict

“Scottish” is uncommon German (frequency #63,748 among 107,600 “S” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#63,748
frequency rank, German
107,600
“S” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - schottisch

Key facts for Scottish
PropertyValue
HeadwordScottish
LanguageGerman
Part of speechAdjective
IPA[…]
Letters8
Frequency rank#63,748
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Scottish” sits in German frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Scottish lands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Scottish is uncommon German at frequency #63,748 among 107,600 “S” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "schottisch".

No misspelling variants are generated for Scottish in our index, a sign its spelling follows regular German conventions. This headword has no recorded confusable partner, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Scottish, spelled S-C-O-T-T-I-S-H.

Definition

  1. 1
    schottisch

This word in other languages

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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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Scottish"?
"Scottish" is spelled S-C-O-T-T-I-S-H. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "Scottish" mean?
As an adjective, "Scottish" means: schottisch
How do you pronounce "Scottish"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Scottish" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Scottish" come from?
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Using “Scottish”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

  • The one correct German spelling is S-C-O-T-T-I-S-H - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
  • Say it as […] (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
  • Browse more German words and confusable pairs in the same reference. German words

Other uncommon German words near this rank

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list