# escort

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈɛs.kɔɹt/ · frequency rank #7,132

## Definitions
1. A group of people or vehicles, generally armed, who go with a person or people of importance to safeguard them on a journey or mission.
2. An accompanying person in such a group.
3. A guard who travels with a dangerous person, such as a criminal, for the protection of others.
4. A group of people attending as a mark of respect or honor.
5. An accompanying person in a social gathering, etc.
6. Protection, care, or safeguard on a journey or excursion.
7. A sex worker who does not operate in a brothel, but with whom clients make appointments; a call girl or male equivalent; a pimp.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French escorte, itself borrowed from Italian scorta.

## Easily confused with
- **export** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/escort-vs-export)
- **extort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/escort-vs-extort)
- **esports** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/escort-vs-esports)
- **Epcot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/epcot-vs-escort)
- **effort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/effort-vs-escort)
- **encore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/encore-vs-escort)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ecsort`, `esccort`, `escorrt`, `escortt`, `escotr`, `escrot`, `esocrt`, `esscort`, `secort`

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