# maroon vs Morton

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### maroon
*noun · IPA /məˈɹuːn/ · frequency rank #18,361*
An escaped black slave of the Caribbean and the Americas or a descendant of such a person.

### Morton
*name · IPA [ˈmɔːtn̩] · frequency rank #12,277*
Any of several places of that name (or Moreton) meaning "settlement near a moor or marsh", or named after people.

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