locational
/lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃənəl/
"locational" is a 10-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“locational” is uncommon English (frequency #93,930 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #93,930
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Having to do with location.
Corpus desk
Index EN-locational · locational · English
locational · rank #93,930 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #93,930
- LEN-MEGA 10 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH listenable
Nearest frequency peer: listenable (-3 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 “locational”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- listenable
listenable
6,074 corpus weight
- locational
locational
6,071 corpus weight
- Lossiemouth
Lossiemouth
6,068 corpus weight
- Louisburg
Louisburg
6,067 corpus weight
- loveth
loveth
6,066 corpus weight
- LPT
LPT
6,065 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “locational” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | locational |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃənəl/ |
| Letters | 10 |
| Frequency rank | #93,930 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “locational” in English
Rare enough to double-check
locational is uncommon English at frequency #93,930 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective, transcribed /lə(ʊ)ˈkeɪʃənəl/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Having to do with location.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for locational, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Etymologically, the entry records: From location + -al. The correct English form is locational, spelled L-O-C-A-T-I-O-N-A-L.
Definition
- 1Having to do with location.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how locational appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Locational periphery is used to describe places physically distant from the heart of the city. -- Wikipedia article on social distance
Geography is the study of the locational and spatial variation in both physical and human phenomena on Earth. -- Wikipedia article on geography
Etymology
From location + -al.
Synonyms
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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