padlocked
"padlocked" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“padlocked” is uncommon English (frequency #81,673 among 4,417 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,673
- frequency rank, English
- 4,417
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Secured with a padlock.
Corpus desk
Index EN-padlocked · padlocked · English
padlocked · rank #81,673 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #81,673
- LEN-LONG 9 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,417
- PHOTO-FINISH paca
Nearest frequency peer: paca (-2 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 “padlocked”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- oxtail
oxtail
18,332 corpus weight
- paca
paca
18,330 corpus weight
- padlocked
padlocked
18,328 corpus weight
- Paiute
Paiute
18,326 corpus weight
- palanquin
palanquin
18,324 corpus weight
- Palumbo
Palumbo
18,322 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “padlocked” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | padlocked |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| Letters | 9 |
| Frequency rank | #81,673 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “padlocked” in English
Rare enough to double-check
padlocked is uncommon English at frequency #81,673 among 4,417 “P” headwords, classed as anadjective. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Secured with a padlock.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for padlocked, suggesting the orthography follows predictable English patterns. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, which usually means its spelling is distinct enough that readers don't reach for a similar-looking word instead.
Etymologically, the entry records: From padlock + -ed. The correct English form is padlocked, spelled P-A-D-L-O-C-K-E-D.
Definition
- 1Secured with a padlock.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how padlocked appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Sidonia's answer was that she had enclosed the spell in a padlocked box and flung it into the sea.
Both halves feature lyrics that are so teen-girly they sound like they were written in pink ink in a padlocked diary with hearts and frowny faces for punctuation.
Etymology
From padlock + -ed.
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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Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 9 letters (nearest by frequency rank).