# Overton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈoʊvɚtən/ · frequency rank #33,776

## Definitions
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17. A habitational surname from Old English.
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## Etymology
From Old English ōfer (“riverbank”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **overturn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overton-vs-overturn)
- **overtook** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overton-vs-overtook)
- **overt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overt-vs-overton)
- **Orton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/orton-vs-overton)
- **overdo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overdo-vs-overton)
- **Oberon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/oberon-vs-overton)
- **overrun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overrun-vs-overton)
- **overtly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overtly-vs-overton)
- **overran** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overran-vs-overton)
- **overdone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/overdone-vs-overton)

## Common misspellings (10)
`oevrton`, `overotn`, `overrton`, `overtno`, `overtonn`, `overtton`, `ovetron`, `ovreton`, `ovverton`, `voerton`

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