headlock
"headlock" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“headlock” is uncommon English (frequency #55,486 among 2,646 “H” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #55,486
- frequency rank, English
- 2,646
- “H” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
Corpus desk
Index EN-headlock · headlock · English
headlock · rank #55,486 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #55,486
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,646
- PHOTO-FINISH headpiece
Nearest frequency peer: headpiece (+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 “headlock”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- haptic
haptic
44,521 corpus weight
- harmonizati…
harmonization
44,520 corpus weight
- haz
haz
44,517 corpus weight
- headlock
headlock
44,515 corpus weight
- headpiece
headpiece
44,514 corpus weight
- hermits
hermits
44,512 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “headlock” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | headlock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #55,486 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “headlock” in English
Rare enough to double-check
headlock is uncommon English at frequency #55,486 among 2,646 “H” headwords, classed as anoun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.".
headlock has no tracked misspelling variants, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
Etymologically, the entry records: From head + lock. The correct English form is headlock, spelled H-E-A-D-L-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A wrestling move where the attacker puts their arm tightly round their opponent's head, which the opponent can't easily escape from.
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how headlock appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Your love is like a studded leather headlock Your kiss, it could put creases in the rain You're rarer than a can of dandelion and burdock And those other girls are just post-mix lemonade
Etymology
From head + lock.
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.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).