workaholic

[ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk]

/[ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk]/ noun

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The verdict

“workaholic” is uncommon German (frequency #89,835 among 2,930 “W” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#89,835
frequency rank, German
2,930
“W” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Arbeitssüchtiger, Arbeitssüchtige

Corpus desk

Index DE-workaholic · workaholic · German

workaholic · rank #89,835 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #89,835
  • LEN-MEGA 10 letters
  • VOW-4 4 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,930
  • PHOTO-FINISH Wortsinne

Nearest frequency peer: Wortsinne (+1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „workaholic“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „workaholic“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for workaholic
PropertyValue
Headwordworkaholic
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk]
Letters10
Frequency rank#89,835
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „workaholic“ im Deutschen

Von links nach rechts: die wenigen Träger des Alltags, dann der lange Schwanz kaum gebrauchter Formen.workaholicfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

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

Die Ticks laufen logarithmisch; jeder ist rund zehnmal seltener. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „Wortsinne“ (#89,836), „WLANs“ (#89,832), „WWU“ (#89,838). Unter 2,930 „W“-Lemmata liegt „workaholic“ bei #89,835. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

workaholic is uncommon German at frequency #89,835 among 2,930 “W” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Arbeitssüchtiger, Arbeitssüchtige".

The misspelling generator found no plausible variants for workaholic, since its letter sequence doesn't invite the usual edit-distance slips. It is not paired with a close-neighbour confusable in our dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, leaving phoneme-to-grapheme mapping as the best guide to its spelling rather than a borrowing history. The correct German form is workaholic, spelled W-O-R-K-A-H-O-L-I-C.

Definition

  1. 1
    Arbeitssüchtiger, Arbeitssüchtige

This word in other languages

bourreau de travail(Français)

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 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "workaholic"?
"workaholic" is spelled W-O-R-K-A-H-O-L-I-C. The IPA pronunciation is [ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk].
What does "workaholic" mean?
As a noun, "workaholic" means: Arbeitssüchtiger, Arbeitssüchtige
How do you pronounce "workaholic"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "workaholic" is [ˌwɜːkəˈhɒlɪk]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "workaholic" come from?
"workaholic" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar German words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 10 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Zahlenwert#89,845zartbitter#89,846wetterfest#89,821Zeitzeugin#89,857

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list