lovelock
/ˈlʌvˌlɒk/
"lovelock" is a 8-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“lovelock” is uncommon English (frequency #67,604 among 2,297 “L” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #67,604
- frequency rank, English
- 2,297
- “L” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - A lock of hair that hangs down and is worn apart from the hair that remains.
Corpus desk
Index EN-lovelock · lovelock · English
lovelock · rank #67,604 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #67,604
- LEN-LONG 8 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 2,297
- PHOTO-FINISH lunching
Nearest frequency peer: lunching (+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.
Frequency neighbourhood for “lovelock”
Lower corpus rank = more everyday usage (inverted bar length for readability)
- LLM
LLM
32,401 corpus weight
- lollies
lollies
32,399 corpus weight
- lovelock
lovelock
32,397 corpus weight
- lunching
lunching
32,396 corpus weight
- Lusitania
Lusitania
32,395 corpus weight
- macadam
macadam
32,391 corpus weight
What this shows Bars show where “lovelock” sits against the nearest ranked English headwords in the FrequencyWords band, not a reprint of letter-browse containment.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | lovelock |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Noun |
| IPA | /ˈlʌvˌlɒk/ |
| Letters | 8 |
| Frequency rank | #67,604 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “lovelock” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
lovelock is uncommon English at frequency #67,604 among 2,297 “L” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed /ˈlʌvˌlɒk/. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.
lovelock doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, typically a sign the spelling maps closely to how the word sounds. No close-neighbour confusable shows up for this headword in our dataset, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.
Etymologically, the entry records: From love + lock. The correct English form is lovelock, spelled L-O-V-E-L-O-C-K.
Definition
- 1A lock of hair that hangs down and is worn apart from the hair that remains.
- 2A flowing lock of hair that is dressed apart from the hair that remains.
Etymology
From love + lock.
This word in other languages
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.
PlainSpell is rendered directly from structured Wiktionary extracts and open word-frequency lists, no number is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of September 3, 2026. Primary sources: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) and FrequencyWords.
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Frequency-ranked English headwords with 8 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
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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.