# Linton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈlɪn.tən/ · frequency rank #33,711

## Definitions
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19. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From either Old English līn (“flax”) or lind (“lime tree”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **lion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-lion)
- **Luton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-luton)
- **London** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-london)
- **listen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-listen)
- **Lisbon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-lisbon)
- **Lyndon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-lyndon)
- **Lipton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-lipton)
- **Liston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-liston)
- **Lytton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linton-vs-lytton)
- **linn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linn-vs-linton)
- **lint** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lint-vs-linton)
- **lino** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lino-vs-linton)
- **linen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linen-vs-linton)
- **lingo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lingo-vs-linton)
- **Lennon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lennon-vs-linton)
- **linden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linden-vs-linton)
- **Landon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/landon-vs-linton)
- **Lawton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lawton-vs-linton)
- **Layton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/layton-vs-linton)
- **Leyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leyton-vs-linton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`ilnton`, `linnton`, `linotn`, `lintno`, `lintonn`, `lintton`, `litnon`, `llinton`, `lniton`

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