# Taunton

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #31,000

## Definitions
1. A town and civil parish with a town council in Somerset, England, previously in Somerset West and Taunton district (OS grid ref ST2225).
2. A suburb of Ashton-under-Lyne, Metropolitan Borough of Tameside, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9200).
3. A place in the United States:
4. A place in the United States:
5. A place in the United States:
6. A place in the United States:
7. A rural locality in Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia.
8. A locality in Barossa council area, South Australia.
9. A surname.

## Etymology
From Old English Tantūn, from the name of the river Tone.

## Easily confused with
- **Trenton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taunton-vs-trenton)
- **taunt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taunt-vs-taunton)
- **tanto** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/tanto-vs-taunton)
- **taunting** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/taunting-vs-taunton)

## Common misspellings (10)
`atunton`, `tanuton`, `taunnton`, `taunotn`, `tauntno`, `tauntonn`, `tauntton`, `tautnon`, `ttaunton`, `tuanton`

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