# Merton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈmɜː.tən/ · frequency rank #28,289

## Definitions
1. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
2. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
3. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
4. Any of several placenames in England from words meaning lake and settlement.
5. A town in the Shire of Mansfield and the Shire of Murrindindi, north eastern Victoria, Australia.
6. An English habitational surname from Old English from the placenames.
7. Ellipsis of Merton College, Oxford.

## Etymology
From Old English Merantūn.

## Easily confused with
- **moron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-moron)
- **Myron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-myron)
- **Milton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-milton)
- **Mormon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-mormon)
- **Morton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-morton)
- **mutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-mutton)
- **Mervyn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-mervyn)
- **Morten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merton-vs-morten)
- **melon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melon-vs-merton)
- **Menon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/menon-vs-merton)
- **martin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/martin-vs-merton)
- **mentor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mentor-vs-merton)
- **Marion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marion-vs-merton)
- **merlin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merlin-vs-merton)
- **maroon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/maroon-vs-merton)
- **mellon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mellon-vs-merton)
- **melton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-merton)
- **Merlot** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/merlot-vs-merton)
- **marten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/marten-vs-merton)
- **mention** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/mention-vs-merton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`emrton`, `merotn`, `merrton`, `mertno`, `mertonn`, `mertton`, `metron`, `mmerton`, `mreton`

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