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cayton

/kˈeɪtən/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.70 in modern English

Syllables
cay-ton
IPA
/kˈeɪtən/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).

Countable; Uncountable

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From the Old English personal name *Cǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Caytons (plural)

Homonyms

katen

Rhymes With

satan clayton peyton dayton straighten leighton payton layton creighton drayton brayton slayton

Questions

How do you pronounce cayton?
The recorded pronunciation is /kˈeɪtən/.
What does cayton mean?
A village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England, previously in Scarborough district (OS grid ref TA0583).
Where does cayton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

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