# Paton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #39,020

## Definitions
1. A surname transferred from the given name.
2. A 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.

## Easily confused with
- **PTO** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-pto)
- **pon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-pon)
- **pawn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-pawn)
- **pats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-pats)
- **poon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-poon)
- **Putin** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-putin)
- **Patty** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-patty)
- **Plato** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-plato)
- **Patsy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-patsy)
- **pylon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-pylon)
- **patrol** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-patrol)
- **Python** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-python)
- **patron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-patron)
- **Peyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-peyton)
- **piston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-piston)
- **proton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-proton)
- **Patton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-patton)
- **photon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-photon)
- **potion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-potion)
- **Paxton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-paxton)

## Common misspellings (6)
`apton`, `paotn`, `patno`, `patonn`, `ppaton`, `ptaon`

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