# Colton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /koʊl.tən/ · frequency rank #23,496

## Definitions
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16. An English and Scottish habitational surname from Old English derived from any of these places in Britain.
17. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Old English cola (“coal”) + tun (“settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **coon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-coon)
- **common** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-common)
- **cotton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-cotton)
- **column** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-column)
- **coupon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-coupon)
- **cordon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-cordon)
- **Condon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-condon)
- **Conlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-conlon)
- **Compton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-compton)
- **Coulson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-coulson)
- **colt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colt-vs-colton)
- **colo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colo-vs-colton)
- **color** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/color-vs-colton)
- **Colin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colin-vs-colton)
- **colon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colon-vs-colton)
- **colony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colony-vs-colton)
- **canton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/canton-vs-colton)
- **carton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/carton-vs-colton)
- **cocoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cocoon-vs-colton)
- **Collin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/collin-vs-colton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ccolton`, `cloton`, `collton`, `colotn`, `coltno`, `coltonn`, `coltton`, `cotlon`, `oclton`

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