Ilocos
/ʔɪˈloː.kos/
"ilocos" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Ilocos” is uncommon English (frequency #84,385 among 2,140 “I” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,385
- frequency rank, English
- 2,140
- “I” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Ilocos Region (a region of Luzon, Philippines).
Corpus desk
Index EN-ilocos · Ilocos · English
Ilocos · rank #84,385 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,385
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,140
- PHOTO-FINISH Ilyich
Nearest frequency peer: Ilyich (+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 “Ilocos”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- IFSC
IFSC
15,621 corpus weight
- Ilocos
Ilocos
15,616 corpus weight
- Ilyich
Ilyich
15,615 corpus weight
- immer
immer
15,614 corpus weight
- impost
impost
15,613 corpus weight
- Inari
Inari
15,611 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Ilocos” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Ilocos |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| IPA | /ʔɪˈloː.kos/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #84,385 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Ilocos” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Ilocos is uncommon English at frequency #84,385 among 2,140 “I” headwords, classed as aproper noun, transcribed /ʔɪˈloː.kos/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Ilocos Region (a region of Luzon, Philippines).".
Zero misspellings are on record for Ilocos in our index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Spanish Ilocos, the plural of iloco + -s, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o. The correct English form is Ilocos, spelled I-L-O-C-O-S.
Definition
- 1Ilocos Region (a region of Luzon, Philippines).
Etymology
From Spanish Ilocos, the plural of iloco + -s, where the root is from Ilocano i- (place of origin prefix) + either lukong (“hollow; concave”) or luek/luok (“cove; bay”) + Spanish -o.
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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