# Ascot

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈæskət/ · frequency rank #26,686

## Definitions
1. A town in Sunninghill and Ascot parish, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire, England, and the location of the famous Ascot Racecourse.
2. A suburb of the City of Greater Bendigo, central Victoria, Australia
3. A locality in the City of Ballarat, central western Victoria, Australia.

## Etymology
From Old English ēast (“east”) + cot (“cottage, hut”). Doublet of Eastcote.

## Easily confused with
- **ASO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascot-vs-aso)
- **asset** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascot-vs-asset)
- **Aston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascot-vs-aston)
- **Astor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascot-vs-astor)
- **Ashok** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascot-vs-ashok)
- **ACT** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/act-vs-ascot)
- **asc** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/asc-vs-ascot)
- **alot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/alot-vs-ascot)
- **acct** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/acct-vs-ascot)
- **arco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/arco-vs-ascot)
- **abbot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/abbot-vs-ascot)
- **ASCII** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascii-vs-ascot)
- **afoot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/afoot-vs-ascot)
- **allot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/allot-vs-ascot)
- **ascent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ascent-vs-ascot)

## Common misspellings (7)
`acsot`, `asccot`, `ascott`, `ascto`, `asoct`, `asscot`, `sacot`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ascot