# Benton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈbɛn.tən/ · frequency rank #18,024

## Definitions
1. A small village in Bratton Fleming parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS6536).
2. A neighbourhood in the Metropolitan Borough of North Tyneside, Tyne and Wear, England (OS grid ref NZ2768).
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23. A habitational surname from Old English.
24. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From either Old English bēan (“bean”) or *beonet (“bentgrass”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **Beto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-beto)
- **Boston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-boston)
- **button** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-button)
- **Burton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-burton)
- **Bolton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-bolton)
- **Breton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-breton)
- **bestow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-bestow)
- **Buxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-buxton)
- **Briton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-briton)
- **Boynton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-boynton)
- **Bretton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-bretton)
- **bent** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bent-vs-benton)
- **baton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baton-vs-benton)
- **Benin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benin-vs-benton)
- **bento** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bento-vs-benton)
- **beaten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaten-vs-benton)
- **beacon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beacon-vs-benton)
- **Barton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barton-vs-benton)
- **Benson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benson-vs-benton)
- **benign** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benign-vs-benton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbenton`, `bennton`, `benotn`, `bentno`, `bentonn`, `bentton`, `betnon`, `bneton`, `ebnton`

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