# seton

> English word · Noun · frequency rank #35,508

## Definitions
1. A few silk threads or horsehairs, or a strip of linen etc., introduced beneath the skin by a knife or needle, so as to induce suppuration; also, the issue so formed.

## Etymology
From Middle English seton, setoun, from Medieval Latin sētō, sētōn-.

## Easily confused with
- **son** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-son)
- **stop** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-stop)
- **soon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-soon)
- **sets** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-sets)
- **stan** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-stan)
- **stun** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-stun)
- **sewn** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-sewn)
- **stow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-stow)
- **Sion** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-sion)
- **Soto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-soto)
- **seven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-seven)
- **stone** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-stone)
- **Simon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-simon)
- **setup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-setup)
- **spoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-spoon)
- **stony** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-stony)
- **swoon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-swoon)
- **solon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-solon)
- **Sutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-sutton)
- **sexton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-sexton)

## Common misspellings (7)
`eston`, `seotn`, `setno`, `setonn`, `setton`, `sseton`, `steon`

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