# Luton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /luːtən/ · frequency rank #24,501

## Definitions
1. A place in England:
2. A place in England:
3. A place in England:
4. A place in England:
5. A place in England:
6. A community in Malahide township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
7. An unincorporated community in Woodbury County, Iowa, United States.

## Etymology
From the name of the River Lea + Old English tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). Doublet of Leyton.

## Easily confused with
- **Lyon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luton-vs-lyon)
- **lutz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luton-vs-lutz)
- **Luzon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luton-vs-luzon)
- **Luxor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luton-vs-luxor)
- **Lytton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luton-vs-lytton)
- **Lon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lon-vs-luton)
- **Luo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/luo-vs-luton)
- **lun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lun-vs-luton)
- **lion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lion-vs-luton)
- **Leon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leon-vs-luton)
- **Leto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leto-vs-luton)
- **loon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loon-vs-luton)
- **lute** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lute-vs-luton)
- **Lugo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lugo-vs-luton)
- **Latin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/latin-vs-luton)
- **lemon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lemon-vs-luton)
- **lumen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lumen-vs-luton)
- **lupin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lupin-vs-luton)
- **Lucan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lucan-vs-luton)
- **lotion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lotion-vs-luton)

## Common misspellings (7)
`lluton`, `ltuon`, `luotn`, `lutno`, `lutonn`, `lutton`, `ulton`

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