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payton

/pˈeɪtən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.10 in modern English

Syllables
pay-ton
IPA
/pˈeɪtən/
11
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A habitational surname from Old English.

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Etymology

Habitational surname from a minor place in Sussex, from the Old English personal name Pǣga + tūn (“enclosure; settlement, town”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Paytons (plural) Peyton (alternative)

Homonyms

peyton

Rhymes With

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

Questions

How do you pronounce payton?
The recorded pronunciation is /pˈeɪtən/.
What does payton mean?
A habitational surname from Old English.
Where does payton come from?
It is traced to Old English.

How to pronounce payton

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