# Holton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #49,987

## Definitions
1. A place in England:
2. A place in England:
3. A place in England:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A place in the United States:
8. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
The first element has a wide variety of possible origins, among which Old English hōh (“promontory, hill-spur”), healh (“corner, nook”), holh (“hollow, depression”) or holt (“small wood”). The second element is tūn (“enclosure; settlement”).

## Easily confused with
- **hoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holton-vs-hoon)
- **Horton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holton-vs-horton)
- **Hutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holton-vs-hutton)
- **Houston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holton-vs-houston)
- **holt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holt-vs-holton)
- **hollow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hollow-vs-holton)
- **Hilton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-holton)
- **holden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holden-vs-holton)
- **Hobson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobson-vs-holton)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaton-vs-holton)
- **Hatton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatton-vs-holton)
- **Heston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-holton)
- **Hinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-holton)
- **Holtby** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holtby-vs-holton)
- **Holborn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holborn-vs-holton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hholton`, `hloton`, `hollton`, `holotn`, `holtno`, `holtonn`, `holtton`, `hotlon`, `ohlton`

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