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loc

/loʊk/noun, verb, adjective

loc is spelled L-O-C: 3 letters. It appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, loc means “A dreadlock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of loc is locs or 'locs.

How many letters and syllables are in loc?

Letters3: L-O-C
In writing1.7 times per million words; the 21,209th most frequent word form
Wrong spellings searchednone measured in search
Rhymes with
Same letters

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); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.

How common is loc?

Loc appears 1.7 times per million words in written English, the 21,209th 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).

How do you pronounce loc?

  • UK /ləʊk/
  • US /loʊk/

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Words people confuse with loc

Also written: loco.

Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).

What rhymes with loc?

The 12 most written words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as loc from its last stressed vowel (/oʊk/):

Spelled with the same letters in another order: col.

Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).

Forms of loc

  • locs plural, present, singular, he/she/it
  • 'loc
  • locing participle, present
  • loced participle, past
  • more loc comparative
  • most loc superlative
  • 'locs plural

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

What does loc mean?

The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).

noun

  1. 1

    informalA dreadlock.

  2. 2

    Alternative letter-case form of LOC.

  3. 3

    Clipping of localization.

verb

  1. 1

    informalTo style (the hair) in dreadlocks.

noun

as LOC
  1. 1

    Initialism of lab on a chip.

  2. 2

    Initialism of letter of contract.

  3. 3

    datedslangInitialism of letter of comment

  4. 4

    Initialism of level of consciousness.

  5. 5

    Initialism of line of credit.

  6. 6

    Initialism of line of code.

  7. 7

    Abbreviation of localizer.

  8. 8

    Initialism of loss of crew.

noun

as LoC
  1. 1

    datedslangCorrespondence, usually a letter, sent to a periodical commenting on either the contents of a previous issue or an earlier letter of comment.

  2. 2

    Initialism of lines of code.

verb

as LoC
  1. 1

    datedslangTo write a letter of comment to a periodical.

adjective

  1. 1

    USslangClipping of loco (“crazy”).

    Wassup, can a loc come up in your crib?

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

Where does loc come from?

Clipping of dreadlock.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

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