# Hinton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #35,337

## Definitions
1. A suburb of Newcastle in the Port Stephens council area, New South Wales, Australia.
2. A town in Yellowhead County, Alberta, Canada.
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18. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From either Old English hēan, dative form of hēah (“high”), or hīwan (“household”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **hints** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-hints)
- **Horton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-horton)
- **Hutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-hutton)
- **Holton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-holton)
- **histone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-histone)
- **hint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hint-vs-hinton)
- **Hilton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-hinton)
- **Hanson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanson-vs-hinton)
- **hinted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinted-vs-hinton)
- **Henson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/henson-vs-hinton)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaton-vs-hinton)
- **Hatton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatton-vs-hinton)
- **Heston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-hinton)
- **Hanlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hanlon-vs-hinton)
- **hinting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinting-vs-hinton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhinton`, `hinnton`, `hinotn`, `hintno`, `hintonn`, `hintton`, `hitnon`, `hniton`, `ihnton`

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