# Moulton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,977

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

## Etymology
From the Old English personal name *Mūla + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **mutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moulton-vs-mutton)
- **Milton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/milton-vs-moulton)
- **Morton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/morton-vs-moulton)
- **molten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/molten-vs-moulton)
- **melton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/melton-vs-moulton)
- **moulin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moulin-vs-moulton)
- **Moncton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/moncton-vs-moulton)

## Common misspellings (10)
`mmoulton`, `moluton`, `moullton`, `moulotn`, `moultno`, `moultonn`, `moultton`, `moutlon`, `muolton`, `omulton`

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