# sexton

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈsɛk.stən/ · frequency rank #26,242

## Definitions
1. A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell ringer.
2. A sexton beetle.

## Etymology
From Old French segrestien, from Medieval Latin sacristanus, based on Latin sacer (“sacred”). Doublet of sacristan.

## Easily confused with
- **Sutton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexton-vs-sutton)
- **Shelton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexton-vs-shelton)
- **Skelton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexton-vs-skelton)
- **Saxon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/saxon-vs-sexton)
- **seton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-sexton)
- **season** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/season-vs-sexton)
- **sector** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sector-vs-sexton)
- **sermon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sermon-vs-sexton)
- **Seaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seaton-vs-sexton)
- **section** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/section-vs-sexton)
- **sexting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexting-vs-sexton)

## Common misspellings (9)
`esxton`, `setxon`, `sexotn`, `sextno`, `sextonn`, `sextton`, `sexxton`, `ssexton`, `sxeton`

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