# melton

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈmɛlt(ə)n/ · frequency rank #32,498

## Definitions
1. A tough, short-napped material used for making overcoats.

## Etymology
From Melton Mowbray, where this material was made.

## Easily confused with
- **Menon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-menon)
- **mentor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-mentor)
- **Milton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-milton)
- **Morton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-morton)
- **Melvin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-melvin)
- **molten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-molten)
- **Merton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-merton)
- **mutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-mutton)
- **mention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-mention)
- **Moulton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-moulton)
- **melt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melt-vs-melton)
- **melo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melo-vs-melton)
- **melon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-melton)
- **Mello** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mello-vs-melton)
- **melted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melted-vs-melton)
- **mellow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mellow-vs-melton)
- **mellon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mellon-vs-melton)
- **melons** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melons-vs-melton)
- **Mellor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mellor-vs-melton)
- **melting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melting-vs-melton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emlton`, `mellton`, `melotn`, `meltno`, `meltonn`, `meltton`, `metlon`, `mleton`, `mmelton`

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