hamilton
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Detailed reference entry for the English word "hamilton", 8-letters, with pronunciation in International Phonetic Alphabet notation, etymology traced through Germanic and Romance roots where applicable, common misspelling variants catalogued from Hunspell error dictionaries, and usage frequency ranked against the top 100,000 English words in the Wordfreq corpus. PlainSpell covers English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German spelling with confusable-pair detection that highlights visually and phonetically similar words. This entry for "hamilton" includes synonyms, antonyms, homophones, and cross-language translation pointers sourced from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org extract. Whether you are verifying the correct spelling of "hamilton" for academic writing, checking homophone confusion, or exploring etymological origins, this page provides a citation-backed, free reference that requires no sign-up.
Hamilton is aEnglishname. It means: A Scottish surname from Old English. Pronounced /ˈhæmɪltən/. It ranks #4,240 in English word frequency. Often confused with Hilton and Hampton.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Hamilton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Name |
| IPA | /ˈhæmɪltən/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #4,240 |
| Misspellings tracked | 12 |
| Confusable pairs | 2 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The English entry for Hamilton is 8 letters long, classified as aname, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as /ˈhæmɪltən/. Corpus data places it at rank #4,240 in overall English word frequency, indicating it appears regularly in written and spoken text.Wiktionary records 78 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 12 documented wrong-spelling variants for Hamilton, with forms such as "ahmilton", "haimlton", and "hamillton". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "Hilton", "Hampton", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Old English *Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it. Root origin matters for spelling because borrowed morphemes (Greek, Latin, Old French, Old English) carry their source-language orthographic conventions into modern English, which is why historical etymology is often the cleanest predictor of whether a cluster like "-ough", "-eau", or "-tion" will appear. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct English form is Hamilton, spelled H-A-M-I-L-T-O-N, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.
Definition
- 1A Scottish surname from Old English.
- 2A male given name transferred from the surname.
- 3A Scottish dukedom.
- 4A town in South Lanarkshire council area, Scotland; named for the Clan Hamilton (OS grid ref NS7255).
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- 16A city in Waikato, North Island, New Zealand; named for Cpt. John Fane Charles Hamilton, a commander in the Tauranga Campaign.
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Etymology
From Old English *Hameldūne, from hamel (“blunt, flat-topped”) + dūne (“hill”). The Scottish surname is from the place in Leicestershire. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Alexander Hamilton featured on it.
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Common misspellings
Also misspelled as: ahmilton,haimlton,hamillton,hamilotn,hamiltno,hamiltonn,hamiltton,hamitlon,hamliton,hammilton,hhamilton,hmailton
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
Relative frequency of common misspelling types for Hamilton
Misspelling Variants of "Hamilton"
Frequency rank: #4,240 in English
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