# lockdown

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈlɒkˌdaʊn/ · frequency rank #14,582

## Definitions
1. The confinement of people in their own rooms (e.g., in a school) or cells (in a prison), or to their own homes or areas (e.g., in the case of a city- or nation-wide issue) as a security measure after or amid a disturbance or as a non-pharmaceutical intervention in a pandemic.
2. A contrivance to fasten logs together in rafting.

## Etymology
Deverbal from lock down.

## Easily confused with
- **lowdown** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lockdown-vs-lowdown)

## Common misspellings (13)
`lcokdown`, `llockdown`, `locckdown`, `locdkown`, `lockddown`, `lockdonw`, `lockdownn`, `lockdowwn`, `lockdwon`, `lockkdown`, `lockodwn`, `lokcdown`, `olckdown`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/lockdown