# Beaton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #45,806

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A locality and former settlement (now flooded) in West Kootenay region, British Columbia, Canada.

## Etymology
Several origins:
* Habitational surname of Norman origin, from the town of Béthune in northern France
* Patronymic surname and pet name from a short form of Bartholomew or Beatrice
* Variant of McBeth

## Easily confused with
- **Beto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-beto)
- **beats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-beats)
- **bento** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-bento)
- **Boston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-boston)
- **button** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-button)
- **Burton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-burton)
- **Bolton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-bolton)
- **Benson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-benson)
- **Benton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-benton)
- **Beatty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-beatty)
- **Breton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-breton)
- **bestow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-bestow)
- **Buxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-buxton)
- **Briton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-briton)
- **Braxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-braxton)
- **Bretton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-bretton)
- **beat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beat-vs-beaton)
- **bean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bean-vs-beaton)
- **bacon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bacon-vs-beaton)
- **baron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baron-vs-beaton)

## Common misspellings (8)
`baeton`, `bbeaton`, `beaotn`, `beatno`, `beatonn`, `beatton`, `betaon`, `ebaton`

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