echolocate
verb
echolocate is spelled E-C-H-O-L-O-C-A-T-E: 10 letters. It appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a verb, echolocate means “To locate by means of echolocation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in echolocate?
| Letters | 10: E-C-H-O-L-O-C-A-T-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 81 million words; the 286,585th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is echolocate?
Echolocate appears about once in every 81 million words in written English, the 286,585th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Forms of echolocate
- echolocates present, singular, he/she/it
- echolocating participle, present
- echolocated participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does echolocate mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
verb
- 1
To locate by means of echolocation.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Echolocate in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense to locate by means of echolocation:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | ecolocalizar |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does echolocate come from?
From echo + locate. Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).