# mascot

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmæsˌkɒt/ · frequency rank #12,638

## Definitions
1. Something thought to bring good luck.
2. Something, especially a person or animal, used to symbolize a sports team, company, organization or other group.
3. A person engaged by an organization to portray its mascot in costume.
4. A personality type characterized by reliance on humor and positivity to wish away conflicts and attempt to defuse potentially violent situations.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French mascotte, from Occitan mascòta (“sortilege”), feminine diminutive of masca (“witch”), from Old Occitan masca, from Medieval Latin masca (“specter, nightmare”). More at mask.

## Easily confused with
- **mast** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mascot-vs-mast)
- **mason** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mascot-vs-mason)
- **Moscow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mascot-vs-moscow)
- **Muscat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mascot-vs-muscat)
- **Masood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mascot-vs-masood)
- **Marco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marco-vs-mascot)
- **Macon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macon-vs-mascot)
- **macOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/macos-vs-mascot)
- **Marcos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marcos-vs-mascot)
- **Margot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/margot-vs-mascot)
- **maggot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maggot-vs-mascot)

## Common misspellings (9)
`amscot`, `macsot`, `masccot`, `mascott`, `mascto`, `masoct`, `masscot`, `mmascot`, `msacot`

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