# Swinton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #40,916

## Definitions
1. A place in the United Kingdom:
2. A place in the United Kingdom:
3. A place in the United Kingdom:
4. A place in the United Kingdom:
5. A place in the United Kingdom:
6. A place in the United Kingdom:
7. An unincorporated community in Stoddard County, Missouri, United States, named after the Swinton family.
8. A habitational surname from Old English.

## Etymology
From Old English swīn (“pig, swine, wild boar”) + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

## Easily confused with
- **Shinto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/shinto-vs-swinton)
- **Stanton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stanton-vs-swinton)
- **Swanson** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swanson-vs-swinton)
- **Swindon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/swindon-vs-swinton)

## Common misspellings (11)
`siwnton`, `sswinton`, `swinnton`, `swinotn`, `swintno`, `swintonn`, `swintton`, `switnon`, `swniton`, `swwinton`, `wsinton`

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