# butterscotch

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈbʌtɚˌskɑt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #47,510

## Definitions
1. A hard candy made from butter, brown sugar, syrup and vanilla.
2. A sauce or syrup made of similar ingredients.
3. A light brown colour, like that of butterscotch candy.

## Etymology
From butter + scotch, with the second element deriving (not from scotch whiskey or Scotland, but) from Middle English scocchen (“to score, nick, cut”), in reference to how the candy is boiled and hardened and then usually scored to make breaking it apart easier. The word is usually said to have originally been a trademark of Parkinson's, who is claimed to have invented it.

## Common misspellings (18)
`bbutterscotch`, `btuterscotch`, `buterscotch`, `butetrscotch`, `buttercsotch`, `butterrscotch`, `buttersccotch`, `butterscocth`, `butterscotcch`, `butterscotchh`, `butterscothc`, `butterscottch`, `buttersctoch`, `buttersoctch`, `buttersscotch`, `buttesrcotch`, `buttrescotch`, `ubtterscotch`

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