# scoot

> English word · Noun · IPA /skuːt/ · frequency rank #37,675

## Definitions
1. A sideways shuffling or sliding motion.
2. A dollar.

## Etymology
Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse skjóta (“to shoot”), or perhaps related to Middle English scottlynge (“moving one's feet quickly, scampering”, literally “scuttling”), see scuddle, scuttle.

## Easily confused with
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-sot)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-soon)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-shot)
- **sort** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-sort)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-spot)
- **soft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-soft)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-slot)
- **sooo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-sooo)
- **Scot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-scot)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-soot)
- **snot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-snot)
- **shoo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-shoo)
- **swot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-swot)
- **sook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-sook)
- **short** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-short)
- **score** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-score)
- **shoot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-shoot)
- **sport** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-sport)
- **Scott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-scott)
- **stood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scoot-vs-stood)

## Common misspellings (6)
`csoot`, `sccoot`, `scoott`, `scoto`, `socot`, `sscoot`

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