location

/ləʊˈkeɪʃən/

//ləʊˈkeɪʃən// noun

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"location" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“location” has 12 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #1,461. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#1,461
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords
12
tracked misspellings
5
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 2, 2026) - A particular point or place in physical space.

Corpus desk

Index EN-location · location · English

location · rank #1,461 · 12 variants · 5 confusables

  • FREQ-COMMON #1,461
  • LEN-LONG 8 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
  • VAR-MID 12 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH located

Nearest frequency peer: located (-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.

Frequency neighbourhood for “location”

Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)

corpus weight

What this shows Bars show where “location” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 2, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

location vs lotion
75% similar
location vs locator
75% similar
location vs locations
89% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for location
PropertyValue
Headwordlocation
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechNoun
IPA/ləʊˈkeɪʃən/
Letters8
Frequency rank#1,461
Misspellings tracked12
Confusable pairs5
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “location” sits in English frequency

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

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 12 spelling variants around location (IPA /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/), anoun. Corpus frequency is #1,461 among 2,297 “L” headwords. Wiktionary lists 7 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 12 likely wrong-spelling variants for location, with forms such as "lcoation", "llocation", and "loaction". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "lotion", "locator", "locations", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

Etymologically, the entry records: Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate + -ion. The correct English form is location, spelled L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    A particular point or place in physical space.
  2. 2
    An act of locating.
  3. 3
    An apartheid-era urban area populated by non-white people; a township.
  4. 4
    A leasing on rent.
  5. 5
    A contract for the use of a thing, or service of a person, for hire.
  6. 6
    The marking out of the boundaries, or identifying the place or site of, a piece of land, according to the description given in an entry, plan, map, etc
  7. 7
    An administrative region in Kenya, below counties and subcounties, and further divided into sublocations.

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how location appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. The ability to shift profits to low-tax countries by locating intellectual property in them[…]is often assumed to be the preserve of high-tech companies.[…]current tax rules make it easy for all sorts of firms to generate[…]“stateless income”: profit subject to tax in a jurisdiction that is neither the location of the factors of production that generate t…
  2. The Ontario tunnel was not located in pursuance of the law relating to tunnel-sites. Lewis failed to follow up his discovery of mineral therein with any effort whatever towards completing the statutory location of a mining claim.

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate + -ion.

Synonyms

a place

This word in other languages

ubicación(Español)lieu(Français)Lage(Deutsch)local(Português)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • lcoation
  • llocation
  • loaction
  • locaiton
  • locasion
  • locatino
  • locationn
  • locatoin
  • locattion
  • loccation
  • loctaion
  • olcation

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of location - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.

lcoation2llocation1loaction2locaiton2locasion1locatino2locationn1locatoin2
Edit distance from "location"

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.

PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 2, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "location"?
"location" is spelled L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/.
What does "location" mean?
As a noun, "location" means: A particular point or place in physical space.
What words are commonly confused with "location"?
"location" is commonly confused with "lotion", "locator", "locations". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "location"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "location" is /ləʊˈkeɪʃən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What is the origin of the word "location"?
Borrowed from Latin locatio, locationis (“a placing”), from locare (“to place, put, set, let”), from locus (“a place”). Equivalent to locate + -ion. 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 "location", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

standing#1,470division#1,451activity#1,444distance#1,479

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (12 here; floor ≥5).

exchange12 variantsSaturday12 variantsproduced12 variantspolitics12 variants

What to do next

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  • "location" maps to 5 confusable pairs in this vintage; the highest-scored is "lotion". View pair
  • 12 edit-distance misspelling variants are generated for spell-check research on this headword. See variants
  • Usage frequency rank #1,461 among English headwords in this corpus. Corpus statistics
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list