# Stanton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstæntən/ · frequency rank #14,423

## Definitions
1. Any of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
2. Any of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
3. Any of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
4. Any of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
5. Any of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
6. Any of several placenames in Britain from Saxon words meaning stone and enclosure.
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22. A habitational surname from either of these places
23. A male given name transferred from the surname.

## Easily confused with
- **stator** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stanton-vs-stator)
- **station** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stanton-vs-station)
- **Swanson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stanton-vs-swanson)
- **Swinton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stanton-vs-swinton)
- **Stratton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stanton-vs-stratton)
- **Staunton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stanton-vs-staunton)
- **santo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/santo-vs-stanton)
- **Santos** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/santos-vs-stanton)
- **Seaton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/seaton-vs-stanton)
- **Shannon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shannon-vs-stanton)
- **Scanlon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scanlon-vs-stanton)
- **Scranton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/scranton-vs-stanton)

## Common misspellings (11)
`satnton`, `sstanton`, `stannton`, `stanotn`, `stantno`, `stantonn`, `stantton`, `statnon`, `stnaton`, `sttanton`, `tsanton`

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