Paton
"paton" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Paton” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #39,020. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #39,020
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A surname transferred from the given name.
Corpus desk
Index EN-paton · Paton · English
Paton · rank #39,020 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #39,020
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH peddle
Nearest frequency peer: peddle (+1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “Paton”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- pariah
pariah
60,984 corpus weight
- parka
parka
60,983 corpus weight
- Paton
Paton
60,981 corpus weight
- peddle
peddle
60,980 corpus weight
- peerless
peerless
60,979 corpus weight
- Pentium
Pentium
60,978 corpus weight
What this shows “Paton” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Paton |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #39,020 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “Paton”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around Paton, aproper noun. Corpus frequency is #39,020 among 4,417 “P” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for Paton, with forms such as "apton", "paotn", and "patno". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "PTO", "pon", "pawn", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
Etymologically, the entry records: Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on. The correct English form is Paton, spelled P-A-T-O-N.
Definition
- 1A surname transferred from the given name.
- 2A city and township in Greene County, Iowa, United States.
Etymology
Scottish patronymic surname from a hypocoristic form of the personal name Patrick + Old French -on.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- apton
- paotn
- patno
- patonn
- ppaton
- ptaon
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of Paton - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Paton", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).