# Compton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈkɒmp.tən/ · frequency rank #17,574

## Definitions
1. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
2. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
3. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
4. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
5. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
6. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
7. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
8. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
9. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
10. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
11. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
12. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
13. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
14. Any of several placenames in England and the United States.
15. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.

## Etymology
From Old English Cumbtūn. Equivalent to combe (“valley”) + -ton (“town”).

## Easily confused with
- **cotton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compton-vs-cotton)
- **coupon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compton-vs-coupon)
- **Crompton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/compton-vs-crompton)
- **common** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/common-vs-compton)
- **Colton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/colton-vs-compton)
- **Clapton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/clapton-vs-compton)
- **campion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/campion-vs-compton)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ccompton`, `cmopton`, `commpton`, `compotn`, `comppton`, `comptno`, `comptonn`, `comptton`, `comtpon`, `copmton`, `ocmpton`

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