# Dutton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,361

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

## Etymology
The village in Cheshire is from Old English dūn (“hill”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”), while the civil parish in Lancashire is from the Old English personal name Dudda + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **ditto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ditto-vs-dutton)
- **Dalton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dalton-vs-dutton)
- **Dayton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dayton-vs-dutton)
- **Dustin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/dustin-vs-dutton)
- **Denton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/denton-vs-dutton)

## Common misspellings (7)
`ddutton`, `dtuton`, `duton`, `dutotn`, `duttno`, `duttonn`, `udtton`

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