# Hilton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɪltən/ · frequency rank #10,378

## Definitions
1. A surname.
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21. A township on St. Joseph Island, Algoma District, Ontario, Canada.
22. A town near Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa.
23. A suburb of Adelaide in the City of West Torrens, South Australia.
24. A suburb of Fremantle, Western Australia.

## Etymology
From many placenames in England and Scotland, including:
* Old English hyll (“hill”) + tun (“settlement”); sometimes the first element is interpreted as Old English hield (“slope”) or helde (“tansy”)
* From Norman Hildun, from Old English hild (“battle”) + húnn (“bear cub”)

## Easily confused with
- **Horton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-horton)
- **Hutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-hutton)
- **Hinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-hinton)
- **Holton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-holton)
- **histone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-histone)
- **hilt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilt-vs-hilton)
- **Hilo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilo-vs-hilton)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaton-vs-hilton)
- **Hatton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatton-vs-hilton)
- **Heston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-hilton)
- **hilltop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilltop-vs-hilton)
- **Hamilton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hamilton-vs-hilton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhilton`, `hillton`, `hilotn`, `hiltno`, `hiltonn`, `hiltton`, `hitlon`, `hliton`, `ihlton`

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