# Shelton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈʃɛltən/ · frequency rank #18,691

## Definitions
1. A surname.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
3. A place in England:
4. A place in England:
5. A place in England:
6. A place in England:
7. A place in England:
8. A place in the United States:
9. A place in the United States:
10. A place in the United States:

## Etymology
From Old English scylfe (“deck, shelf”) + tun (“town”). Doublet of Skelton.

## Easily confused with
- **Skelton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelton-vs-skelton)
- **skeleton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelton-vs-skeleton)
- **seton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seton-vs-shelton)
- **sexton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sexton-vs-shelton)
- **Seaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seaton-vs-shelton)
- **shelter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shelter-vs-shelton)
- **Sheldon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sheldon-vs-shelton)

## Common misspellings (11)
`hselton`, `sehlton`, `shellton`, `shelotn`, `sheltno`, `sheltonn`, `sheltton`, `shetlon`, `shhelton`, `shleton`, `sshelton`

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