# Grafton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈɡɹɑːftɒn/ · frequency rank #29,296

## Definitions
1. Any of various towns across the English-speaking world:
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29. An English dukedom.
30. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English grāf (“grove”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **Groton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafton-vs-groton)
- **Grayson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafton-vs-grayson)
- **graft** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/graft-vs-grafton)
- **Gaston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/gaston-vs-grafton)
- **grafting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/grafting-vs-grafton)

## Common misspellings (11)
`garfton`, `ggrafton`, `graffton`, `grafotn`, `graftno`, `graftonn`, `graftton`, `gratfon`, `grfaton`, `grrafton`, `rgafton`

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