# Ashdown

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,765

## Definitions
1. A surname from Old English.
2. A city, the county seat of Little River County, Arkansas, United States.

## Etymology
Perhaps a habitational surname from a lost place in Berkshire, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + dūn (“mountain, hill”); compare Ashdon, which shares the same etymology. The Battle of Ashdown refers to it.

## Easily confused with
- **Ashton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ashdown-vs-ashton)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ahsdown`, `asdhown`, `ashddown`, `ashdonw`, `ashdownn`, `ashdowwn`, `ashdwon`, `ashhdown`, `ashodwn`, `asshdown`, `sahdown`

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