# uptown

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈʌptaʊn/ · frequency rank #19,496

## Definitions
1. The residential part of a city, away from the commercial center.
2. The commercial center of town (in Charlotte, North Carolina).

## Easily confused with
- **upon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/upon-vs-uptown)
- **Upton** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/upton-vs-uptown)

## Common misspellings (9)
`putown`, `upotwn`, `upptown`, `uptonw`, `uptownn`, `uptowwn`, `upttown`, `uptwon`, `utpown`

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