# scotch

> English word · Noun · IPA /skɒt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #11,456

## Definitions
1. A surface cut or abrasion.
2. A line drawn on the ground, as one used in playing hopscotch.
3. A block for a wheel or other round object; a chock, wedge, prop, or other support, to prevent slipping.

## Etymology
From Middle English scocchen (“to cut”), perhaps from Anglo-Norman escocher (“to notch”), from es- (“intensive prefix”) (from Latin ex-) + Old French coche (“notch”). Not related to Scotch.

## Easily confused with
- **Scott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-scott)
- **Scots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-scots)
- **sloth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-sloth)
- **switch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-switch)
- **sketch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-sketch)
- **stitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-stitch)
- **snatch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-snatch)
- **Scotia** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-scotia)
- **Scotty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-scotty)
- **snitch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-snitch)
- **SCOTUS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-scotus)
- **swatch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-swatch)
- **slouch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-slouch)
- **scratch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scotch-vs-scratch)
- **Scot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scot-vs-scotch)
- **scorch** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scorch-vs-scotch)

## Common misspellings (10)
`csotch`, `sccotch`, `scocth`, `scotcch`, `scotchh`, `scothc`, `scottch`, `sctoch`, `soctch`, `sscotch`

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