geolocation

noun

"geolocation" is a 11-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“geolocation” is uncommon English (frequency #69,883 among 2,313 “G” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#69,883
frequency rank, English
2,313
“G” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.

Corpus desk

Index EN-geolocation · geolocation · English

geolocation · rank #69,883 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #69,883
  • LEN-MEGA 11 letters
  • VOW-6 6 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,313
  • PHOTO-FINISH geocaching

Nearest frequency peer: geocaching (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

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.

Long-tail ranks near “geolocation”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “geolocation” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for geolocation
PropertyValue
Headwordgeolocation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
Letters11
Frequency rank#69,883
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “geolocation” in English

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).geolocationfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Rare peers in the same band: “geocaching” (#69,882), “Geraghty” (#69,884), “germinal” (#69,885). Among 2,313 “G” headwords, “geolocation” is #69,883. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

geolocation is uncommon English at frequency #69,883 among 2,313 “G” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

geolocation has no tracked misspelling variants, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From geo- + location. The correct English form is geolocation, spelled G-E-O-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.
  2. 2
    The latitude and longitude coordinates of a particular location. Term and definition standardized by ISO/IEC 19762-5:2008 (this standard has since been revised by ISO/IEC 19762:2016).

Etymology

From geo- + location.

Synonyms

This word in other languages

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 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "geolocation"?
"geolocation" is spelled G-E-O-L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.
What does "geolocation" mean?
As a noun, "geolocation" means: The identification of geographic location, as of an electronic device or an animal being tracked.
What is the origin of the word "geolocation"?
From geo- + location. See the full etymology section above for more details.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 11 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list