scot
/skɒt/noun
scot is spelled S-C-O-T: 4 letters and one syllable. It appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, scot means “A local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of scot is scots.
How many letters and syllables are in scot?
| Letters | 4: S-C-O-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 1.9 times per million words; the 20,101st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like | |
| Rhymes with | |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is scot?
Scot appears 1.9 times per million words in written English, the 20,101st most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce scot?
- /skɒt/
Scot has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Scot.wav, En-us-scot.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with scot
Sounds like: Scott (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with scot?
The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as scot from its last stressed vowel (/ɑt/):
Spelled with the same letters in another order: cost.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of scot
- scots plural
- scoto-
- skoto-
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does scot mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
UKA local tax, paid originally to the lord or ruler and later to a sheriff.
- 2
obsoleteslangA fury; a fit of temper.
noun
- 1
A person born in or native to Scotland.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Scot in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a person born in or native to Scotland:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | Écossais, Écossaise |
| German | Schotte, Schottin |
| Portuguese | escocês, escocesa |
| Spanish | escocés, escocesa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does scot come from?
From Middle English scot, scott, from Old English sċot, sċott, sċeot, ġesċot (“contribution; payment; tax; fine”), cognate with Old Norse skot, from Proto-Germanic *skutą (“that which is thrown or cast; projectile; missile”), related to English shoot. Later influenced by Old French escot (Modern écot), itself of Germanic origin. Doublet of shot.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).