# Bolton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɒltən/ · frequency rank #12,010

## Definitions
1. A place in the United Kingdom:
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19. A large community in the town of Caledon, Regional Municipality of Peel, Ontario, Canada.
20. A locality in the Rural City of Swan Hill, Victoria, Australia.
21. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Middle English Bodeltone (in the Domesday Book) etc., ultimately from Old English bolt, bold, botl, etc. (“home, hall, manor”) + -tun (“-ton: enclosure, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **boon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-boon)
- **bolts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-bolts)
- **Botox** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-botox)
- **boron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-boron)
- **boson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-boson)
- **bottom** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-bottom)
- **Boston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-boston)
- **button** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-button)
- **Burton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-burton)
- **Breton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-breton)
- **Buxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-buxton)
- **Briton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-briton)
- **Boulton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-boulton)
- **Boynton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-boynton)
- **bolt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolt-vs-bolton)
- **bolo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolo-vs-bolton)
- **baton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baton-vs-bolton)
- **Barton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barton-vs-bolton)
- **Benton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-bolton)
- **bolted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolted-vs-bolton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbolton`, `bloton`, `bollton`, `bolotn`, `boltno`, `boltonn`, `boltton`, `botlon`, `oblton`

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