locked

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The verdict

“locked” is uncommon German (frequency #90,584 among 2,640 “L” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#90,584
frequency rank, German
2,640
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs lock

Corpus desk

Index DE-locked · locked · German

locked · rank #90,584 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #90,584
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,640
  • PHOTO-FINISH Lobbys

Nearest frequency peer: Lobbys (-1 rank slots)

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „locked“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „locked“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for locked
PropertyValue
Headwordlocked
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters6
Frequency rank#90,584
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „locked“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.lockedfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Skala ist logarithmisch (jeder Tick ≈ 10× seltener). Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Lobbys“ (#90,583), „Lokalmatador“ (#90,585), „lizard“ (#90,581). Unter 2,640 „L“-Lemmata liegt „locked“ bei #90,584. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

locked is uncommon German at frequency #90,584 among 2,640 “L” headwords, classed as averb, transcribed […]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs lock".

Zero misspellings are on record for locked in our index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, since its spelling is unusual enough that it doesn't cluster with a lookalike.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is locked, spelled L-O-C-K-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs lock

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "locked"?
"locked" is spelled L-O-C-K-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "locked" mean?
As a verb, "locked" means: Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs lock
How do you pronounce "locked"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "locked" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "locked", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Lobbys#90,583lizard#90,581Kremls#90,530Muckis#90,655

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list