# scissor

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɪzə/ · frequency rank #32,582

## Definitions
1. Attributive form of scissors.
2. One blade on a pair of scissors.
3. Scissors.
4. Used in certain noun phrases to denote a thing resembling the action of scissors, as scissor kick, scissor hold (wrestling), scissor jack.

## Etymology
From Middle English cysour, cysoure, cysowre, altered from sisours (“scissors”), from Old French cisoires, cisours, cisur, from Latin caedere (“to cut”); current spelling influenced by Latin scindere, scissus (“to split”).

## Easily confused with
- **scissors** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scissor-vs-scissors)

## Common misspellings (9)
`csissor`, `sccissor`, `scisor`, `scisosr`, `scissorr`, `scissro`, `scsisor`, `sicssor`, `sscissor`

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