Scotchgard
verb
Scotchgard is a verb meaning “To apply Scotchgard to (a surface)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-O-T-C-H-G-A-R-D and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 58 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does Scotchgard mean?
verb
- 1
To apply Scotchgard to (a surface).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce Scotchgard?
Scotchgard has 2 syllables (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).
Forms of Scotchgard
- Scotchgards present, singular, he/she/it
- Scotchgarding participle, present
- Scotchgarded participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is Scotchgard?
Scotchgard appears about once in every 58 million words in written English, the 237,177th 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).
Where does Scotchgard come from?
Brand name: a modified spelling of Scotch + guard.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).