# roscoe

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #27,624

## Definitions
1. A handgun, particularly a revolver.

## Etymology
Unknown, apparently from the surname Roscoe; sometimes attested as John Roscoe. Attested from the 1910s.

## Easily confused with
- **rose** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roscoe-vs-rose)
- **Rosie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roscoe-vs-rosie)
- **Royce** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roscoe-vs-royce)
- **Rosso** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roscoe-vs-rosso)
- **Rostov** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roscoe-vs-rostov)
- **roche** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/roche-vs-roscoe)
- **Rocco** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rocco-vs-roscoe)
- **rescue** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/rescue-vs-roscoe)

## Common misspellings (8)
`orscoe`, `rocsoe`, `rosccoe`, `rosceo`, `rosoce`, `rosscoe`, `rroscoe`, `rsocoe`

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