# scoff

> English word · Noun · IPA /skɒf/ · frequency rank #38,151

## Definitions
1. A derisive or mocking expression of scorn, contempt, or reproach.
2. An object of scorn, mockery, or derision.

## Etymology
From Middle English scof, skof, probably of North Germanic origin. Compare Old Norse skaup, Old Danish skof, Old Frisian skof (“insult, shame”), and Old High German scoph.

## Easily confused with
- **soft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-soft)
- **sofa** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-sofa)
- **Scot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scot)
- **stuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-stuff)
- **staff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-staff)
- **score** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-score)
- **Scott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scott)
- **scope** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scope)
- **scout** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scout)
- **stiff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-stiff)
- **Scots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scots)
- **scoop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scoop)
- **sniff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-sniff)
- **snuff** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-snuff)
- **scorn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scorn)
- **spoof** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-spoof)
- **scour** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scour)
- **scold** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scold)
- **scoot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scoot)
- **scone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoff-vs-scone)

## Common misspellings (6)
`csoff`, `sccoff`, `scfof`, `scof`, `socff`, `sscoff`

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