locomotor

adj

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"locomotor" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“locomotor” is uncommon English (frequency #76,069 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#76,069
frequency rank, English
2,297
“L” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.

Corpus desk

Index EN-locomotor · locomotor · English

locomotor · rank #76,069 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #76,069
  • LEN-LONG 9 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,297
  • PHOTO-FINISH lockbox

Nearest frequency peer: lockbox (-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 “locomotor”

Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter

corpus weight

What this shows Long-tail view: where “locomotor” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for locomotor
PropertyValue
Headwordlocomotor
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
Letters9
Frequency rank#76,069
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Long-tail rank of “locomotor” in English

This scale runs from the tiny cluster of words that carry ordinary speech (left) to the long tail of words almost nobody reaches for (right).locomotorfalls in this rarity band:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Rare peers in the same band: “lockbox” (#76,068), “loincloth” (#76,070), “Lindisfarne” (#76,065). Among 2,297 “L” headwords, “locomotor” is #76,069. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

locomotor is uncommon English at frequency #76,069 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.".

No generated misspelling entries exist for locomotor in our index, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable English rules. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct English form is locomotor, spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-O-R.

Definition

  1. 1
    Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how locomotor appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Adult animals were implanted with E-Mitter transponders intraabdominally to record body temperature and locomotor activity continuously.

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 "locomotor"?
"locomotor" is spelled L-O-C-O-M-O-T-O-R.
What does "locomotor" mean?
As an adjective, "locomotor" means: Of or pertaining to movement or locomotion.
What language does "locomotor" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "locomotor", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

loincloth#76,070Lowenthal#76,078Kropotkin#76,046Makepeace#76,092

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list