# Ogden

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #22,756

## Definitions
1. A habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname, of occasional usage.
3. A hamlet in Calderdale borough, West Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref SE0630).
4. A ghost town in British Columbia, Canada.
5. A community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
6. A municipality of Quebec, Canada.
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## Etymology
Places in England, from Old English āc (“oak”) + denu (“valley”).

## Easily confused with
- **open** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-open)
- **oven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-oven)
- **Owen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-owen)
- **omen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-omen)
- **ogre** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-ogre)
- **oxen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-oxen)
- **olde** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-olde)
- **Oren** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-oren)
- **ogle** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-ogle)
- **order** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-order)
- **older** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-older)
- **Olsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-olsen)
- **olden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ogden-vs-olden)
- **ode** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ode-vs-ogden)
- **Odin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odin-vs-ogden)
- **Oder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oder-vs-ogden)
- **often** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/often-vs-ogden)
- **odeon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/odeon-vs-ogden)

## Common misspellings (7)
`goden`, `odgen`, `ogdden`, `ogdenn`, `ogdne`, `ogedn`, `oggden`

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