Lockport

Name: Lockport, English Word Data
Creator: Wiktionary
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By PlainSpell · According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA) · analyzed May 6, 2026

The verdict

“Lockport” is uncommon English (frequency #57,525 among 16,425 “L” headwords), classed as a proper noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#57,525
frequency rank, English: 16,425
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - A community in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.

Key facts for Lockport
Property	Value
Headword	Lockport
Language	English
Part of speech	Proper noun
Letters	8
Frequency rank	#57,525
Misspellings tracked	0
Confusable pairs	0
Source	Wiktionary (kaikki.org)

Where “Lockport” sits in English frequency

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right). Lockport lands here:

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Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Lockport is uncommon English at frequency #57,525 among 16,425 “L” headwords, classed as aproper noun. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 10 senses are on record.

Lockport doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, and the word's spelling is regular enough that our generator found nothing worth flagging. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.

Etymologically, the entry records: From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers. The correct English form is Lockport, spelled L-O-C-K-P-O-R-T.

Definition

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A community in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.
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Etymology

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers.

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Lockport"?

"Lockport" is spelled L-O-C-K-P-O-R-T.

What does "Lockport" mean?

As a proper noun, "Lockport" means: A community in the Rural Municipality of St. Andrews and Rural Municipality of St. Clements, Manitoba, Canada.

What is the origin of the word "Lockport"?

From lock + port. Most places are named after locks used for navigation on canals or rivers. See the full etymology section above for more details.

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Using “Lockport”

The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.

The one correct English spelling is L-O-C-K-P-O-R-T - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
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Data Source

Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.