# wedlock

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈwɛd.lɒk/ · frequency rank #34,744

## Definitions
1. The state of being married.
2. A wife; a married woman.

## Etymology
From Middle English wedlok, wedlocke (“wedlock, marriage, matrimony”), from Old English wedlāc (“marriage vow, pledge, plighted troth, wedlock”). By surface analysis, wed + -lock.

## Easily confused with
- **warlock** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warlock-vs-wedlock)

## Common misspellings (11)
`ewdlock`, `wdelock`, `weddlock`, `wedlcok`, `wedllock`, `wedlocck`, `wedlockk`, `wedlokc`, `wedolck`, `weldock`, `wwedlock`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/wedlock