# Lawton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈlɔːtən/ · frequency rank #28,972

## Definitions
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14. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Middle English [Term?], from Old English [Term?], from hlāw (“hill, ound”) + tūn (“homestead”) (-ton).

## Easily confused with
- **Luton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-luton)
- **Layton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-layton)
- **Linton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-linton)
- **Lipton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-lipton)
- **Liston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-liston)
- **Lytton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-lytton)
- **Leyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-leyton)
- **lawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawn-vs-lawton)
- **Latin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latin-vs-lawton)
- **laptop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laptop-vs-lawton)
- **Lawson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawson-vs-lawton)
- **lagoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lagoon-vs-lawton)
- **Larson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/larson-vs-lawton)
- **Landon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landon-vs-lawton)
- **Langton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/langton-vs-lawton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`alwton`, `latwon`, `lawotn`, `lawtno`, `lawtonn`, `lawtton`, `lawwton`, `llawton`, `lwaton`

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