# Stockton

> English word · Proper noun · IPA /ˈstɒktən/ · frequency rank #18,703

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28. A male given name from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English stocc (“log; stump, tree trunk”) or stoc (“house, dwelling”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”). By surface analysis, stock + -ton. Doublet of Stoughton.

## Easily confused with
- **stockman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stockman-vs-stockton)

## Common misspellings (13)
`sotckton`, `sstockton`, `stcokton`, `stocckton`, `stockkton`, `stockotn`, `stocktno`, `stocktonn`, `stocktton`, `stoctkon`, `stokcton`, `sttockton`, `tsockton`

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