# Scholes

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #29,076

## Definitions
1. A number of places in England:
2. A number of places in England:
3. A number of places in England:
4. A number of places in England:
5. A number of places in England:
6. A number of places in England:
7. A habitational surname from Old Norse.

## Etymology
Ultimately from Old Norse skáli (“hut, shed”). Doublet of Scales.

## Easily confused with
- **shoes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholes-vs-shoes)
- **scores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholes-vs-scores)
- **shores** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholes-vs-shores)
- **shoves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholes-vs-shoves)
- **schools** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholes-vs-schools)
- **schooler** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholes-vs-schooler)
- **scales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scales-vs-scholes)
- **schemes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/schemes-vs-scholes)
- **scholar** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scholar-vs-scholes)

## Common misspellings (11)
`csholes`, `sccholes`, `schholes`, `schloes`, `schoels`, `scholess`, `scholles`, `scholse`, `scohles`, `shcoles`, `sscholes`

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