# Horton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈhɔː.tən/ · frequency rank #18,102

## Definitions
1. A town and locality in the Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia.
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25. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
The majority of the English toponyms derive from Old English horh (“mud, slime”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”). The village in Gloucestershire derives from Old English heorot (“stag, hart”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement”)

## Easily confused with
- **Huron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horton-vs-huron)
- **Hutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horton-vs-hutton)
- **Houston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horton-vs-houston)
- **horn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horn-vs-horton)
- **hoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hoon-vs-horton)
- **heron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heron-vs-horton)
- **Horan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horan-vs-horton)
- **horror** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horror-vs-horton)
- **Hilton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hilton-vs-horton)
- **Harmon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/harmon-vs-horton)
- **Hobson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hobson-vs-horton)
- **Heaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heaton-vs-horton)
- **Hatton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hatton-vs-horton)
- **Heston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/heston-vs-horton)
- **Hinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hinton-vs-horton)
- **Holton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/holton-vs-horton)
- **horizon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/horizon-vs-horton)
- **hormone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/hormone-vs-horton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`hhorton`, `horotn`, `horrton`, `hortno`, `hortonn`, `hortton`, `hotron`, `hroton`, `ohrton`

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