Scott
/skɒt/noun, interjection
Scott is spelled S-C-O-T-T: 5 letters and one syllable. It appears 52 times per million words in written English, the 1,941st most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Scott means “The Scott catalogue of postage stamps” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of Scott is Scotts.
How many letters and syllables are in Scott?
| Letters | 5: S-C-O-T-T |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 52 times per million words; the 1,941st most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Sounds like |
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).
How common is Scott?
Scott appears 52 times per million words in written English, the 1,941st 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 Scott?
- /skɒt/
Scott 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-Scott.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Words people confuse with Scott
Sounds like: scot (Wiktionary's homophone list; some hold only in some accents).
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
Forms of Scott
- Scotts plural
- Scot
- Scottie
- Scotty
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does Scott mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
CanadaUSThe Scott catalogue of postage stamps.
interjection
- 1
Alternative form of great Scott.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).