padlocked
"padlocked" is a 9-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“padlocked” is uncommon English (frequency #81,673 among 46,516 “P” headwords), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #81,673
- frequency rank, English
- 46,516
- “P” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Secured with a padlock.
| 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) |
Where “padlocked” sits in English frequency
Rare enough to double-check
padlocked is uncommon English at frequency #81,673 among 46,516 “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.
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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Using “padlocked”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct English spelling is P-A-D-L-O-C-K-E-D - 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.