# Broughton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /bɹɔːtən/ · frequency rank #34,411

## Definitions
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24. A ghost town in the Regional Municipality of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, Canada.
25. A village in Westmoreland parish, Jamaica.
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28. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English beorg (“mountain, hill”) or brōc (“brook, stream, torrent”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **brought** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brought-vs-broughton)
- **Brighton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brighton-vs-broughton)

## Common misspellings (14)
`bbroughton`, `borughton`, `broguhton`, `brougghton`, `broughhton`, `broughotn`, `broughtno`, `broughtonn`, `broughtton`, `brougthon`, `brouhgton`, `brroughton`, `bruoghton`, `rboughton`

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