# charlatan vs Charlton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### charlatan
*noun · IPA /ˈʃɑɹlətən/ · frequency rank #45,264*
A mountebank, someone who addresses crowds in the street; (especially), an itinerant seller of medicines or drugs.

### Charlton
*name · IPA /ˈtʃɑː(ɹ)ltən/ · frequency rank #20,877*
A number of places in England:

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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