# locked

> English word · Verb · IPA /lɒkt/ · frequency rank #3,438

## Definitions
1. simple past and past participle of lock

## Etymology
* (drunk): Perhaps from airlocked.

## Easily confused with
- **loved** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-loved)
- **locks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-locks)
- **looked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-looked)
- **locker** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-locker)
- **lodged** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-lodged)
- **longed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-longed)
- **looped** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-looped)
- **locket** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-locket)
- **lowkey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-lowkey)
- **lockup** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-lockup)
- **Lockett** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locked-vs-lockett)
- **lock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lock-vs-locked)
- **liked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/liked-vs-locked)
- **Locke** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/locke-vs-locked)
- **laced** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/laced-vs-locked)
- **lobed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lobed-vs-locked)
- **linked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/linked-vs-locked)
- **loaded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/loaded-vs-locked)
- **leaked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/leaked-vs-locked)
- **lacked** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/lacked-vs-locked)

## Common misspellings (9)
`lcoked`, `llocked`, `loccked`, `locekd`, `lockde`, `lockedd`, `lockked`, `lokced`, `olcked`

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