Lockerbie
"lockerbie" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“Lockerbie” is uncommon English (frequency #58,813 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #58,813
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lockerbie · Lockerbie · English
Lockerbie · rank #58,813 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #58,813
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-4 4 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH littler
Nearest frequency peer: littler (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “Lockerbie”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- Lebedev
Lebedev
41,193 corpus weight
- lier
lier
41,191 corpus weight
- littler
littler
41,189 corpus weight
- Lockerbie
Lockerbie
41,188 corpus weight
- Lozano
Lozano
41,187 corpus weight
- Ludhiana
Ludhiana
41,184 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “Lockerbie” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | Lockerbie |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Proper noun |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #58,813 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “Lockerbie” in English
Rare enough to double-check
Lockerbie is uncommon English at frequency #58,813 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
Lockerbie doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Etymologically, the entry records: From the personal name Lockard + the Old Norse suffix byr 'farm'. The correct English form is Lockerbie, spelled L-O-C-K-E-R-B-I-E.
Definition
- 1A town in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland.
- 2A surname.
Etymology
From the personal name Lockard + the Old Norse suffix byr 'farm'.
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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Similar English words by spelling shape
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).