scoter
/ˈskoʊ.tɚ/noun
scoter is a noun meaning “Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled S-C-O-T-E-R and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 21 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of scoter is scoters.
What does scoter mean?
noun
- 1
Any one of several species of northern sea ducks of the genus Melanitta.
When I went birdwatching, I saw lots of scoters.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce scoter?
- UK /ˈskəʊ.tə/
- US /ˈskoʊ.tɚ/
Scoter has 2 syllables (counted from the pronunciation).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of scoter
- scoters plural
- scooter
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is scoter?
Scoter appears about once in every 21 million words in written English, the 138,319th 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).
Scoter in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense bird:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | macreuse |
| Spanish | negrón, negreta |
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 scoter come from?
Uncertain.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).