# Paulson

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #28,664

## Definitions
1. A surname originating as a patronymic.

## Etymology
From Paul + -son. Found parallel in many other languages, such as Norwegian and Danish Poulsen, Polish Pawelowicz, Slovene Pavič, Pavlovič etc.

## Easily confused with
- **parson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-paulson)
- **Paulsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paulsen-vs-paulson)

## Common misspellings (10)
`apulson`, `paluson`, `paullson`, `paulosn`, `paulsno`, `paulsonn`, `paulsson`, `pauslon`, `ppaulson`, `pualson`

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