# Paxton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #23,626

## Definitions
1. An English habitational surname from Old English.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
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## Etymology
From Old English *Pæcces + tūn (literally “settlement of (a person named) *Pæcc”).

## Easily confused with
- **Peyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paxton-vs-peyton)
- **piston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paxton-vs-piston)
- **proton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paxton-vs-proton)
- **photon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paxton-vs-photon)
- **Payton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paxton-vs-payton)
- **Paton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/paton-vs-paxton)
- **pastor** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pastor-vs-paxton)
- **pardon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pardon-vs-paxton)
- **patron** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patron-vs-paxton)
- **Patton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patton-vs-paxton)
- **parton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parton-vs-paxton)
- **patten** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/patten-vs-paxton)
- **parson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/parson-vs-paxton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`apxton`, `patxon`, `paxotn`, `paxtno`, `paxtonn`, `paxtton`, `paxxton`, `ppaxton`, `pxaton`

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