# Scots

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /skɒts/ · frequency rank #10,606

## Definitions
1. A Germanic language closely related to English and descended from northern dialects of Middle English, spoken in parts of Scotland, now especially in the northeastern and southern regions of the country.

## Etymology
Borrowed from Scots Scots, from Middle Scots Scottis, from Old English Scottysċ, a late variant of earlier Scyttisċ (“Scottish”). Doublet of Scottish.

## Easily confused with
- **SOS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sos)
- **STS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sts)
- **sot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sot)
- **shot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-shot)
- **spot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-spot)
- **sets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sets)
- **sons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sons)
- **sits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sits)
- **slot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-slot)
- **sobs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sobs)
- **sous** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-sous)
- **soot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-soot)
- **Soto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-soto)
- **snot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-snot)
- **so's** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-so-s)
- **swot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-swot)
- **shows** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-shows)
- **Scott** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-scott)
- **shoes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-shoes)
- **shots** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scots-vs-shots)

## Common misspellings (7)
`sccots`, `scost`, `scotss`, `scotts`, `sctos`, `socts`, `sscots`

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