# Buxton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,894

## Definitions
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11. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
Two main origins:
* The town in Derbyshire derives from Old English būgan (“to bend, bow”) + stān (“stone”).
* The village in Norfolk derives from an unattested Old English personal name *Bucc + -s- + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **baton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/baton-vs-buxton)
- **Boston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boston-vs-buxton)
- **button** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/button-vs-buxton)
- **Burton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/burton-vs-buxton)
- **Bolton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/bolton-vs-buxton)
- **Barton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/barton-vs-buxton)
- **Benton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/benton-vs-buxton)
- **Breton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/breton-vs-buxton)
- **Briton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/briton-vs-buxton)
- **buffon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buffon-vs-buxton)
- **Beaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/beaton-vs-buxton)
- **buttons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/buttons-vs-buxton)
- **Braxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/braxton-vs-buxton)
- **Brixton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/brixton-vs-buxton)
- **Boulton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/boulton-vs-buxton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`bbuxton`, `butxon`, `buxotn`, `buxtno`, `buxtonn`, `buxtton`, `buxxton`, `bxuton`, `ubxton`

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