# Chilton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,472

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A place in England:
3. A place in England:
4. A place in England:
5. A place in England:
6. A place in England:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A place in the United States:
10. A place in the United States:
11. Ellipsis of Chilton County.

## Etymology
From Old English ċilda tūn, a compound of ċilda (genitive plural of ċild (“child”)) + tūn (“town”). The name of Chilton, Oxfordshire is attested under various spellings in Medieval Latin texts of the 11th and 12th centuries: Cilda tun, Childatun, Chiltune, Chiltuna, Ciltone, Cilletone (in the Domesday Book), and Childestuna.

## Easily confused with
- **Colton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chilton-vs-colton)
- **Chiron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chilton-vs-chiron)
- **Clinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chilton-vs-clinton)
- **Clifton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chilton-vs-clifton)
- **Carlton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carlton-vs-chilton)
- **Chilean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chilean-vs-chilton)
- **chiffon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/chiffon-vs-chilton)
- **Charlton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/charlton-vs-chilton)

## Common misspellings (11)
`cchilton`, `chhilton`, `chillton`, `chilotn`, `chiltno`, `chiltonn`, `chiltton`, `chitlon`, `chliton`, `cihlton`, `hcilton`

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