# Preston

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈpɹɛs.tən/ · frequency rank #9,798

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1. An industrial city in Lancashire, England (OS grid ref SD5329).
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60. A habitational surname from Old English.
61. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Etymology
From Old English prēost (“priest”) + tūn (“settlement”). Doublet of Prestatyn.

## Easily confused with
- **prison** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preston-vs-prison)
- **proton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/preston-vs-proton)
- **pesto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pesto-vs-preston)
- **Peyton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/peyton-vs-preston)
- **piston** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/piston-vs-preston)
- **presto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/presto-vs-preston)

## Common misspellings (11)
`perston`, `ppreston`, `presotn`, `presston`, `prestno`, `prestonn`, `prestton`, `pretson`, `prreston`, `prseton`, `rpeston`

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