locked
/lɑkt/adjective, verb
locked is spelled L-O-C-K-E-D: 6 letters and one syllable. It appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, locked means “Having undergone locking; secured by a lock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in locked?
| Letters | 6: L-O-C-K-E-D |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 1 (from its American pronunciation) |
| In writing | 27 times per million words; the 3,422nd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation and the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary; 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 locked?
Locked appears 27 times per million words in written English, the 3,422nd 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 locked?
- UK /lɒkt/
- US /lɑkt/
Locked has one syllable (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-locked.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with locked?
3 words on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as locked from its last stressed vowel (/ɑkt/):
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).
What does locked mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Having undergone locking; secured by a lock.
A locked door barred the way.
- 2
Protected by a mutex or other token restricting access to a resource.
You can't delete a locked computer file.
- 3
IrelandVery drunk.
- 4
Bound to a carrier.
- 5
Styled into dreadlocks; wearing dreadlocks.
verb
- 1
simple past and past participle of lock
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Locked in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense that has been locked (with a key):
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | fermé à clé, fermé à clef, verrouillé |
| German | abgesperrt, abgeschlossen, zugeschlossen |
| Portuguese | trancado |
| Spanish | cerrado con llave / seguro / llavín |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.