# Eton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈiː.tən/ · frequency rank #25,377

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish in Windsor and Maidenhead, Berkshire, England (OS grid ref SU965775).
2. Ellipsis of Eton College, a prestigious public school for boys in Eton.
3. A town in Murray County, Georgia, United States.
4. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English *Ēatūn, from ea (“river”) + tun (“town”). See also the doublet Eaton.

## Easily confused with
- **evo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-evo)
- **ETS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-ets)
- **even** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-even)
- **Evan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-evan)
- **Ewan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-ewan)
- **Etta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-etta)
- **exon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-exon)
- **Exxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-exxon)
- **Euston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eton-vs-euston)
- **et** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/et-vs-eton)
- **en** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/en-vs-eton)
- **eo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eo-vs-eton)
- **ego** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ego-vs-eton)
- **eta** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eta-vs-eton)
- **emo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/emo-vs-eton)
- **Eos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eos-vs-eton)
- **Edo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/edo-vs-eton)
- **eth** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/eth-vs-eton)
- **ETF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/etf-vs-eton)
- **een** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/een-vs-eton)

## Common misspellings (5)
`eotn`, `etno`, `etonn`, `etton`, `teon`

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