# Bretton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #46,945

## Definitions
1. A placename:
2. A placename:
3. A placename:
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English Brett (“Briton”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **button** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bretton-vs-button)
- **Briton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bretton-vs-briton)
- **Brixton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bretton-vs-brixton)
- **brett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brett-vs-bretton)
- **Benton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-bretton)
- **Breton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breton-vs-bretton)
- **Brecon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brecon-vs-bretton)
- **Beaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-bretton)
- **Braxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braxton-vs-bretton)

## Common misspellings (8)
`bbretton`, `bertton`, `bretotn`, `brettno`, `brettonn`, `brretton`, `brteton`, `rbetton`

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